HM 20 — USE OF EMERGING ROADWAY TECHNOLOGIES

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 20URGING 55THTHE LEGISLATUREPRESIDENT -OF STATETHE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF NEWMEXICOTRANSPORTATION -AND FIRSTTHE SESSIONUNITED 2021STATES INTRODUCEDCONGRESS BYTO WillieINCLUDE D.MANDATES AND INCENTIVES FOR THE USE OF EMERGING ROADWAY TECHNOLOGIES THAT PROMOTE THE USE OF COST-EFFECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.

Madrid9 6WHEREAS, 8the 10American Asociety MEMORIALof URGINGcivil THEengineers PRESIDENTstated OFin THEits UNITED2017 STATES,report THEcard UNITEDthat STATESthe SECRETARYUnited OFStates TRANSPORTATIONreceived ANDa THEgrade UNITEDof STATESD+ CONGRESSregarding TOthe INCLUDEcurrent MANDATESstate ANDof INCENTIVESits FORinfrastructure THEand USEthat OFmore EMERGINGthan ROADWAYfour TECHNOLOGIEStrillion THATfive PROMOTEhundred THEbillion USEdollars OF($4,500,000,000,000) COST-EFFECTIVEwould ANDbe ENVIRONMENTALLYneeded FRIENDLYto ROADWAYrestore CONSTRUCTIONthe INnation's THEinfrastructure NEXTto FEDERALa INFRASTRUCTUREstate BILL.of good repair;

eand t 17 w l n d 18 WHEREAS, the Americanfederal societyhighway ofadministration civilhas engineersdetermined stated in =Towards =Sustainable 19Pavement aSystems, lChapter its3. 2017 report card that the United States received a grade of i a e r 20 D+ regarding the current state of its infrastructure and that a t m m 21 more than four trillion five hundred billion dollars d r e 22 ($4,500,000,000,000) would be needed to restore the nation's c e s k 23 infrastructure to a state of good repair;

andMaterials eConsiderations athat ncritical bareas 24of WHEREAS,pavement theconstruction federalthat highwaycan administrationhave hasa determinedsignificant ueffect [on inthe Towardsoverall Sustainablesustainability Pavementof Systems,a Chapterpaving 3.project include the following:

Materials .220336.1 Considerations that critical areas of pavement construction that can have a significant effect on the overall sustainability of a paving project include the following:

traffic delays, congestion and noise emissions HM 20 Page 1 generated during construction;

and WHEREAS, the American society of civil engineers report card states that thirty percent of New Mexico's roads are in e t 17 poor condition, and each driver in the state spends nearly six w l n d 18 hundred dollars ($600) annually in car repairs;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, use of technology that lowers the cost per lane i a e r 20 mile of roadway construction would assist with New Mexico a t m m 21 infrastructure maintenance and improvements in partnership with d r e 22 state and local governments and other institutions and could c e s k 23 also result in expanded hiring of construction workers, e a n b 24 including those who may have lost their jobs during the u [ coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic;

and .220336.1 - 2 - WHEREAS, New Mexico is currently considering pilot projects and supporting legislation that promote or require the use of emerging road construction technologies designed to lower the cost per lane mile and environmental impact of road construction as defined by the federal highway administration;

and WHEREAS, these technologies include increasing the use of upgraded recycling technologies such as the use of high-yieldhigh- HM 20 Page 2 yield asphalt products to recycle reclaimed asphalt pavement and perform full-depth reclamation of existing roadways, as well as promoting the use of roadway construction that uses less heat-heat-reliant reliant and material transport technologies;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the president of the United States, the United States secretary of transportation and the United States congress be urged to e t 17 include mandates and incentives for the use of emerging roadway w l n d 18 technologies that promote the use of cost-effective and = = 19 a l environmentally friendly roadway construction in the next i a e r 20 federal infrastructure bill or any other bill that relates to a t m m 21 highway improvements;

and d r e 22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico congressional c e s k 23 delegation be requested to support the purposes of this e a n b 24 memorial and convey the New Mexico house of representatives' u [ position to house and senate leaders in congress;

and .220336.1 - 3 - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the president of the United States, the United States secretary of transportation and the New Mexico congressional delegation.

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