Planned Transportation Spending

Nebraska

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.

Proposed Spending, FY 2011-FY2014

Project Type Cost (Millions)
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

  • bmr
    9
    Bridge Maintenance/Replacement
  • rmmw
    65
    Road Maintenance/Minor Widening
  • rbbp
    1
    Road/Bridge Project with Bike/Ped Components
  • nrc
    6
    New Road Capacity
  • tran
    1
    Transit
  • bp
    2
    Bicycle/Pedestrian
  • sfty
    6
    Safety
  • bce
    1
    Bridge Capacity Expansion
  • othr
    11
    Other
All percentages rounded