Planned Transportation Spending
An examination of Nebraska’s 2011-2014 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program reveals that road maintenance/minor widening projects account for the larges chunk of planned spending (65 percent). Projects classified as “other” make up 11 percent. This is followed by bridge maintenance/replacement, 9 percent of the STIP. New road capacity projects are 6 percent of the planned spending, as are safety projects account. Bicycle/pedestrian projects make up 2 percent. Transit projects comprise 1 percent. Bridge new capacity projects and road or bridge projects with bicycle/pedestrian components (such as adding sidewalks when reconstructing a roadway) each comprise less than 1 percent of the planned spending. share
Proposed Spending, FY 2011-FY2014
Project Type | Cost (Millions) | |
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Total | $1,664.61 | |
Bridge Maintenance/Replacement | $141.99 | |
Road Maintenance/Minor Widening | $1,089.65 | |
Road/Bridge Project with Bike/Ped Components | $4.80 | |
New Road Capacity | $94.61 | |
Transit** | $17.49 | |
Bicycle/Pedestrian | $30.57 | |
Safety | $101.11 | |
Bridge Capacity Expansion | $0.67 | |
Other | $183.72 |
* TSTC used the “latest estimate” information provided to TSTC by the Nebraska Department of Roads for each project phase occurring between 2011 and 2014.
** Transit totals from the Nebraska 2011-2014 STIP.
Percentage of STIP by project type
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bmr9
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rmmw65
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rbbp1
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nrc6
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tran1
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bp2
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sfty6
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bce1
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othr11