[CedarDave]

A couple of interesting points.
First, Richardson has named the road projects after himself: GRIP stands for "Governor Richardson's Investment Partnership".
Second, Democrat Jennings criticism will mean that once again some of his capital improvement projects approved by the legislature will be line item vetoed by Richardson. You don't play his game, you're shut out of the money, no matter how important the projects are for your district.
Third, one of the two roads that received zero funding was a state highway that serves the oil patch and is receiving very heavy truck traffic to drill and service the oil wells in the vicinity of the road. Safety when it comes to highways that carry hazardous loads, including oil transport whose royalties provide some of the funds for Richardson's Railroad, loses compared to his showy railroad project.

[CedarDave]

One of the roads that lost all money was NM 8 from west of Eunice past Monument to the junction with US highway 62-180. The other was a section of US 285, likely the portion from Clines Corners north to Lamy (the southern portion was made four-lane under Governor Johnson using some WIPP funds).

[CedarDave]

Do a keyword search using the keyword RICHARDSONSRAILROAD for other related articles.

[elkfersupper]

Politicians just can't stand the freedom which is enabled by privately-owned and operated vehicles on public roads.