0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 29
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              JOHN PINTO
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT,
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0012|     BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND SAN JUAN COUNTY TO CONDUCT A
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0013|     FEASIBILITY STUDY ON NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE JUNCTIONS
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0014|     OF NAVAJO ROUTES N-36 AND N-3003, STATE HIGHWAY 371 AND UNITED
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0015|     STATES HIGHWAY 666.
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0017|          WHEREAS, Navajo route N-36, completed in 1993, is a new
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0018|     paved highway providing main artery access into Fruitland and
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0019|     the surrounding areas and intersecting United States highway
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0020|     666 and state highway 371; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, Navajo routes N-36 and N-3003 are without
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0022|     sufficient lighting, signs, turnouts, medians for turnouts,
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0023|     turn-ins and needed bypass lanes; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, use of and traffic on Navajo routes N-36 and 
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0025|     N-3003 has increased and is projected to increase further due
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0001|     to the population growth in the area; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, Navajo routes N-36 and N-3003 are used by
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0003|     children from elementary through college ages traveling to
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0004|     attend school; persons delivering meals to seniors living in
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0005|     the area; farmers and farm machinery; and commuters traveling
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0006|     to and from their places of employment; and
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0007|          WHEREAS, inclement weather adversely affects the travel
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0008|     conditions existing on Navajo routes N-36 and N-3003 and
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0009|     emphasizes the need for enhancement and improvement of these
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0010|     well-used highways; and 
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0011|          WHEREAS, the state highway and transportation department
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0012|     is well versed and advised in the improvement techniques and
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0013|     characteristics of highways; and 
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0014|          WHEREAS, improvements to and enhancements of Navajo
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0015|     routes N-36 and N-3003 will be better served and recommended
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0016|     after evaluation and study by the state highway and
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0017|     transportation department; 
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0018|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0019|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state highway and transportation
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0020|     department, bureau of Indian affairs and San Juan county 
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0021|     conduct an evaluation and study of Navajo routes N-36 and 
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0022|     N-3003, state highway 371 and United States highway 666
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0023|     intersections and make recommendations to the first session of
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0024|     the forty-fourth legislature identifying and estimating the
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0025|     cost of needed improvements to the junctions of Navajo routes
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0001|     N-36 and N-3003, state highway 371 and United States highway
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0002|     666 in view of their locations and traffic, at present and as
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0003|     projected in the near future; and 
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0004|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0005|     transmitted to the state highway and transportation
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0006|     department, the bureau of Indian affairs and the board of
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0007|     county commissioners of San Juan county.
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