GRIP US 54 - Tularosa to Vaughn
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From left to right: Robert Ortiz, NMDOT Deputy Transportation Secretary; Richard Chavez, Guadalupe County Commission Chairman; Rudy Sanchez, Santa Rosa Councilman; Ryan Beach, Federal Highway Administration; David Olsen, Fisher Sand and Gravel; Mike Pope, Acting Construction Assistant District Engineer -District 4; Rebecca Montoya, Transportation Adjutant Secretary; Paul Gray, District Engineer - District 4; Ernest Sanchez, Project Manager; Deacon Arsenio Sanchez.
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Under cloudy skies, April 8, 2005, the New Mexico Department of Transportation, District 4 and the community of Santa Rosa, New Mexico broke ground on GRIP 54.
“This is an important national route and a major portion of the highway runs through
New Mexico ,” said Transportation Secretary Rhonda Faught. “It gives us an opportunity to improve interstate commerce and we want to make US 54 as safe as possible while boosting our states economy.”
Adjutant Secretary Rebecca Montoya and Deputy Secretary Robert Ortiz joined District 4 Engineer Paul Gray,
Santa Rosa and Guadalupe County Dignataries for the groundbreaking ceremony.
NMDOT Deputy Transportation Secretary Robert Ortiz talks about the importance of US 54 to the New Mexico economy.
