Planned Transportation Spending

An examination of Delaware’s 2009-2012 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program reveals that new road capacity projects account for the largest chunk of planned spending (24 percent). Road maintenance/minor widening projects follow, comprising 19 percent of the STIP. Projects classified as “other,” which include studies for unspecified improvements and information technology are also 19 percent of the STIP. Road or bridge projects that have bicycle/pedestrian components (such as adding sidewalks when reconstructing a roadway) account for 18 percent. Transit projects make up 10 percent. Safety projects and bridge maintenance/replacement projects each account for 4 percent of the STIP. Bicycle/pedestrian projects are 2 percent of the planned spending and no bridge capacity expansion projects were identified. share