New Mexico § 67-11-7 - New or existing facilities; elimination of grade crossings

§ 67-11-7. New or existing facilities; elimination of grade crossings

The state highway commission, alone, or in agreement with any county, city, town or

village may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional

facilities or may designate and establish existing streets or highways as included

within a controlled-access facility. The state or any of its subdivisions shall have authority to provide for the elimination

of intersections at grade or controlled-access facilities with existing state and

county roads and city or town or village streets, by grade separation or service road,

or by closing off such roads and streets at the right-of-way boundary line of such

controlled-access facility; and after the establishment of any controlled-access

facility, no highway or street which is not part of said facility shall intersect

the same at grade. No city, town or village street, county or state highway or other public way shall

be opened into or connected with any such controlled-access facility without the consent

and previous approval of the state highway commission. Such consent and approval shall be given only if the public interest shall be served

thereby.