1. Our nation’s spending on infrastructure has fallen to its lowest level in 70 years, resulting in lost
productivity, investment, collapse of U.S. manufacturing, and a degradation of our competitive edge
worldwide. In New Mexico, 30% of our roads in poor condition and 7% of our bridges are rated
structurally deficient. Fully 25% of students in New Mexico do not have access to broadband at home.
Indigenous people in New Mexico are 67 times more likely to live without running water than other
Americans; and
2. That New Mexicans suffer disproportionately from lack of high-speed rail and a renewable energy wide-area
transmission network; and
3. Native, rural/frontier communities, and underserved communities throughout the state, including urban
communities, lack adequate infrastructure. Government has a role in providing all our communities with
affordable and reliable essential utilities, including electricity, clean water, sewage, heat, high-speed internet, and
transportation; and
4. That good paying jobs from infrastructure projects can lift families out of poverty; and
5. The practice of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) uses a disproportionate amount of water relative to all other
industry and domestic uses; therefore, water availability and infrastructure must be prioritized for human use over
fracking use; and
6. It is essential to improve broadband and infrastructure for rural/frontier and tribal communities and ensure parity
and predictability in the distribution of funds so that telecommunications companies have the ability to serve those
areas equitably; and
7. Infrastructure development must coincide with climate-protection goals; and
8. Infrastructure development must be resilient and minimize resources used and environmental impacts; and
9. Infrastructure development and the ensuing benefits must be accessible to all people, including those with
disabilities; and
10. Clean, running water must be available to all New Mexicans for health and sanitation; and
11. Broadband infrastructure must be adequate to support telehealth, remote learning, and other services needed by
communities, especially during public health or safety emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic; and
1. Support the formation of a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) modeled on the four previous nationally chartered
public banks. This would require no new federal debt, no new taxes, and would be budget neutral, operating as a
government-owned, depository bank that lends to state and local governments for targeted infrastructure projects
at low rates; and
2. Enable New Mexicans access to our share of 25 million new jobs created in the U.S., many of which will pay
Davis-Bacon Determination wages, promote Project Labor Agreements, encourage buying American-made
products, and develop apprentice programs for youth to acquire long-term skills; and
3. Reduce income inequality by increasing wages, building the middle class, and investing in disadvantaged
communities and lower-income areas; and
4. Give hiring preference and opportunity to New Mexicans and particularly to those from the most local
communities to restore roads and bridges to address decades of neglect; and
5. Build the infrastructure for affordable public transportation, electric vehicles, and bicycle routes; and
6. Install local infrastructure now so that high-speed broadband networks are an immediate reality for both urban and
rural New Mexicans and therefore meet all broadband needs related to their health care, education, and
employment; and
7. Modernize all public buildings at all levels of government to be energy efficient and powered by renewable
energy; and
8. Develop a statewide plan for land use and infrastructure growth and secure the necessary public funding, through
sources such as a public bank, to implement this plan; and
9. Protect communities from the impact of climate change and help them to mitigate its effects by incentivizing
renewable energy utilities; and
10. Encourage the reduction of residential and industrial water usage by providing sustainable water policies,
including aquifer protection, water-supply planning, consumptive water-use permitting, and resource protection
programs; and
11. Protect our water supply by demanding the cleanup of toxic substances in aquifers around New Mexico by those
who are responsible for the pollution; and
12. Protect public health and safety by modernizing drinking and nonindustrial wastewater systems, including
technology to recycle water; and
13. Provide necessary infrastructure, roads, and access to water to officially recognized colonias; and
14. Fully fund the New Mexico Tribal Infrastructure Fund (TIF) to include water-line projects, fire stations, and other
community development projects on Indigenous lands, including funding for Enhanced 911 Service/Rural
addressing and signage; and
15. Increase energy efficiency and make transportation more affordable by:
a. Reducing vehicle energy consumption and/or increasing vehicle fuel efficiency;
b. Increasing access to and use of cheaper and more efficient fuels, vehicles and vehicle models (including
electric vehicles), transit, biking, and walking;
c. Supporting new technologies for energy-efficient, safe forms of transportation, such as electric bicycles;
d. Increasing vehicle occupancy, e.g., through carpooling, car sharing, rail freight; and
e. Reducing the distance that people and goods need to travel as a part of daily life; and
16. Ensure that infrastructure is consistent with developing forms of transportation, such as safe roads for electric
bicycles; and
17. Develop a robust public transportation system, with a focus on high-speed rail, that serves all communities,
including rural ones; and
18. Increase equitable access to mobility by:
a. Reducing the need for vehicle ownership, e.g., by developing public transportation;
b. Enabling more people to live closer to where they need to be, such as through the development of housing
with easy access to goods and services and economic opportunities;
c. Increasing the stock and availability of such location-efficient affordable housing;
d. Increasing the convenience and affordability of public transit or other shared modes of travel; and
e. Prioritizing mobility access improvements for underserved communities.