Planned Transportation Spending
An examination of New Mexico’s 2010-2013 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program reveals that road maintenance/minor widening projects account for the largest chunk of planned spending (32 percent). New road capacity projects follow at 26 percent of the total funding. Transit projects* comprise 15 percent of the STIP, and bridge maintenance/replacement projects 10 percent. Projects classified as “other,” which include landscaping, intelligent transportation systems and planning for unspecified projects, make up 7 percent of the spending. Safety projects** comprise 5 percent. Bicycle/pedestrian projects and road or bridge projects with bicycle/pedestrian components (such as adding sidewalks when reconstructing a roadway) each account for 2 percent of the planned spending. Capacity expansion projects comprise 1 percent of the STIP’s funds. share
Proposed Spending, FY 2010-FY2013
Project Type | Cost (Millions) | |
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Total | $1,682.38 | |
Bridge Maintenance/Replacement | $161.86 | |
Road Maintenance/Minor Widening | $534.48 | |
Road/Bridge Project with Bike/Ped Components | $36.02 | |
New Road Capacity | $441.30 | |
Transit* | $252.34 | |
Bicycle/Pedestrian | $41.80 | |
Safety** | $90.68 | |
Bridge Capacity Expansion | $11.27 | |
Other | $112.63 |
*Transit total does not include $11 million in non-federal operating assistance to Dona Ana County’s Road Runner Transit.
** Debt service payments listed in the STIP were not included in the analysis; however, one safety project which bundled road reconstruction with debt service for the road work was left in. The project is $25 million.
Percentage of STIP by project type
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bmr10
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rmmw32
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rbbp2
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nrc26
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tran15
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bp2
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sfty5
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bce1
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othr7