0001| SENATE MEMORIAL 16
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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| NANCY E. RODRIGUEZ
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0010| A MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THE STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND
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0012| FEDERAL AND LOCAL HIGHWAY AGENCIES TO COMPLETE THE SANTA FE
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0013| RELIEF ROUTE.
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0015| WHEREAS, a four-lane bypass or relief route in Santa Fe
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0016| has been designed and partially funded; and
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0017| WHEREAS, any extended delay in completion of the bypass
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0018| threatens the public health, safety and welfare; and
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0019| WHEREAS, due to lack of funding, full completion is not
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0020| anticipated for several years; and
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0021| WHEREAS, the completion of the Santa Fe relief route
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0022| would reduce the risk of vehicle accidents; and
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0023| WHEREAS, the design of the bypass frontage road is not
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0024| adequate to accommodate the heavy vehicular traffic projected;
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0025| and
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0001| WHEREAS, due to the design of the bypass frontage road
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0002| and its intended purpose, it cannot function safely as the
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0003| Santa Fe relief route for an extended period of time;
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0004| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0005| OF NEW MEXICO that it recognize that the need to complete the
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0006| Santa Fe relief route is urgent and that it urge the state
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0007| highway commission, the state highway and transportation
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0008| department and appropriate federal and local government
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0009| officials to make completion of the Santa Fe relief route a
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0010| priority; and
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0011| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it request the state highway
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0012| and transportation department to dedicate as open space
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0013| surplus land acquired for purposes of the Santa Fe relief
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0014| route but not used for purposes of the relief route; and
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0015| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that noise buffers and landscaping
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0016| be completed to beautify and abate noise pollution along the
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0017| Santa Fe relief route and frontage roads within five years of
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0018| completion of the current phase of construction of the
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0019| frontage road for the Santa Fe relief route; and
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0020| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state highway commission
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0021| and planning staff of the state highway and transportation
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0022| department include the noise buffers and landscaping in the
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0023| current five-year road construction plan; and
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0024| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0025| transmitted to the state highway commission, the secretary of
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0001| highway and transportation, the federal secretary of energy
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0002| and the federal secretary of transportation.
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