Planned Transportation Spending
An examination of Arkansas’s 2010-2013 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program reveals that new road capacity projects account for the largest chunk of planned spending (54 percent). Safety projects comprise 18 percent of the STIP.* Road maintenance/minor widening projects make up 11 percent of the spending, and bridge maintenance/replacement projects comprise 9 percent. Transit projects account for 5 percent of the STIP and bicycle/pedestrian projects 2 percent. Projects classified as “other” make up 1 percent of the planned spending. No bridge capacity expansion projects were identified nor were road or bridge projects with bicycle/pedestrian components (such as adding sidewalks when reconstructing a roadway). share
Proposed Spending, FY 2010-2013
Project Type | Cost (Millions) | |
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Total | $2,889.07 | |
Bridge Maintenance/Replacement | $244.48 | |
Road Maintenance/Minor Widening | $316.93 | |
New Road Capacity | $1,567.74 | |
Transit | $156.82 | |
Bicycle/Pedestrian | $55.36 | |
Safety* | $523.54 | |
Other | $24.20 |
* Safety projects include $251 million for statewide right-of-way/utilities/CENG projects funded in part by federal safety funds.
Percentage of STIP by project type
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bmr9
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rmmw11
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nrc54
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tran5
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bp2
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sfty18
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othr1