Planned Transportation Spending

South Dakota

An examination of South Dakota’s 2011-2015 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program reveals that road maintenance/minor widening projects account for the largest chunk of planned spending (57 percent). Bridge maintenance/replacement projects comprise 17 percent of the STIP, followed by new road capacity projects (8 percent of the spending). Road or bridge projects with bicycle/pedestrian components (such as adding sidewalks when reconstructing a roadway) make up 7 percent. Safety projects account for 4 percent of the planned spending. Transit, as well as projects classified as “other,” each comprise 3 percent. Bicycle/pedestrian projects are 1 percent of the STIP, and bridge capacity expansion projects are less than 1 percent of the spending.

Proposed Spending, FY 2011-2015

Project Type Cost (Millions)
Total $1,403.89
Bridge Maintenance/Replacement $235.28
Road Maintenance/Minor Widening $802.95
Road/Bridge Project with Bike/Ped Components $92.32
New Road Capacity $115.31
Transit $45.09
Bicycle/Pedestrian $14.44
Safety $53.25
Bridge Capacity Expansion $3.06
Other $42.19

Percentage of STIP by project type

  • bmr
    17
    Bridge Maintenance/Replacement
  • rmmw
    57
    Road Maintenance/Minor Widening
  • rbbp
    7
    Road/Bridge Project with Bike/Ped Components
  • nrc
    8
    New Road Capacity
  • tran
    3
    Transit
  • bp
    1
    Bicycle/Pedestrian
  • sfty
    4
    Safety
  • bce
    1
    Bridge Capacity Expansion
  • othr
    3
    Other
All percentages rounded