Planned Transportation Spending

Arkansas

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).

Proposed Spending, FY 2010-2013

Project Type Cost (Millions)
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

  • bmr
    9
    Bridge Maintenance/Replacement
  • rmmw
    11
    Road Maintenance/Minor Widening
  • nrc
    54
    New Road Capacity
  • tran
    5
    Transit
  • bp
    2
    Bicycle/Pedestrian
  • sfty
    18
    Safety
  • othr
    1
    Other
All percentages rounded