Planned Transportation Spending

New Mexico

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.

Proposed Spending, FY 2010-FY2013

Project Type Cost (Millions)
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

  • bmr
    10
    Bridge Maintenance/Replacement
  • rmmw
    32
    Road Maintenance/Minor Widening
  • rbbp
    2
    Road/Bridge Project with Bike/Ped Components
  • nrc
    26
    New Road Capacity
  • tran
    15
    Transit
  • bp
    2
    Bicycle/Pedestrian
  • sfty
    5
    Safety
  • bce
    1
    Bridge Capacity Expansion
  • othr
    7
    Other
All percentages rounded