HM 81 — STUDY UNSER BLVD. IMPROVEMENTS

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 81REQUESTING 56THTHE LEGISLATUREDEPARTMENT -OF STATETRANSPORTATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF NEWMEXICOIMPROVEMENTS -TO FIRSTTHE SESSIONUNSER 2023BOULEVARD INTRODUCEDCORRIDOR BYTHROUGH CharlotteNORTHWEST LittleBERNALILLO andCOUNTY JoyFROM GarrattPARADISE andBOULEVARD CynthiaTO BorregoIRVING andBOULEVARD HaroldTO PopeINCREASE andTHE JoshuaSAFETY N.OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND REDUCE RELATED RISKS.

Hernandez8 7WHEREAS, 9Unser Aboulevard, MEMORIALstretching REQUESTINGfrom THENew DEPARTMENTMexico OFhighway TRANSPORTATION550 TOto STUDYDennis THEChavez FEASIBILITYboulevard OFin IMPROVEMENTSsouthwest TOAlbuquerque THEand UNSERrunning BOULEVARDthrough CORRIDORnorthwest THROUGHAlbuquerque NORTHWESTfrom BERNALILLOParadise COUNTYboulevard FROMto PARADISEIrving BOULEVARDboulevard, TOis IRVINGa BOULEVARDmain TOthoroughfare INCREASEin THEBernalillo SAFETYcounty OFthat VEHICULARcarries ANDpeople PEDESTRIANto TRAFFICtheir ANDplaces REDUCEof RELATEDwork, RISKS.business districts, stores, government and service facilities and geological and ancient cultural monuments and trails;

eand t 17 WHEREAS, Unserincreasing boulevard,volumes stretchingof fromheavy Newcommercial, Mexicoindustrial w l n d 18 highway 550 to Dennis Chavez boulevard in southwest Albuquerque = = 19 a l and runningresidential throughtraffic northwestalong Albuquerquethat fromcorridor Paradisehave igreatly acontributed e r 20 boulevard to Irvingincreased boulevard,safety is a main thoroughfare in a t m m 21 Bernalillo county that carries people to their places of work, d r e 22 business districts, stores, government and servicetraffic facilitiesflow cissues; e s k 23 and geological and ancient cultural monuments and trails;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, increasing volumes of heavy commercial, u [ industrial and residential traffic along that corridor have .225970.3 greatly contributed to increased safety and traffic flow issues;

and WHEREAS, the heavy volume of traffic between Paradise boulevard and Irving boulevard has increased noise and disruption to residents' quality of life within residential HM 81 Page 1 neighborhoods adjacent to the corridor and caused physical damage to barriers intended to insulate those neighborhoods;

and WHEREAS, there is an opportunity for the department of transportation to leverage local planning efforts and financing e t 17 to improve the corridor between Paradise boulevard and Irving w l n d 18 boulevard for the benefit of residents and others traveling = = 19 a l through the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo county;

i a e r 20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF a t m m 21 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department d r e 22 of transportation be requested to conduct a feasibility study c e s k 23 to identify and evaluate possible improvements to the Unser e a n b 24 boulevard corridor through Bernalillo county, including u [ measures that would increase safety for motorists, pedestrians .225970.3 - 2 - and bicyclists;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study be conducted with the involvement of the mid-region metropolitan planning organization, the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo county engineering departments, the metropolitan Albuquerque business improvement district, the mid-region council of governments and other local and regional stakeholders and HM 81 Page 2 businesses;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study be requested to leverage existing studies, but that it not commence until sufficient funds have been allocated from local public and private sources to pay for the study such that the department e t 17 of transportation's financial contribution will be negligible, w l n d 18 although the department will be requested to provide technical = = 19 a l and administrative support for the study;

and i a e r 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the feasibility study be a t m m 21 presented to the appropriate interim legislative committees d r e 22 dealing with economic development and infrastructure issues;

c e s k 23 and e a n b 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of the study be u [ submitted to the city of Albuquerque, Bernalillo county, the .225970.3 - 3 - mid-region council of governments and the library of the legislative council service;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the governor, the secretary of transportation, HM 81 Page 3 the executive director of the mid-region council of governments, the mayor of the city of Albuquerque and the board of county commissioners of Bernalillo county.

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