Maintenance disbursements are the costs to perform routine upkeep, such as filling in potholes and repaving roads.
Maintenance disbursements comprise about 16.8 percent of total disbursements, totaling $23.33 billion in 2016, about 2.3 percent more than in 2015 ($22.81 billion), the last time this assessment was completed.
Maintenance Disbursements Per State-Controlled Lane-Mile
24th Annual Highway Report
This year we measure maintenance disbursements per lane-mile. In past years, we measured them in centerline- miles. The average 2016 per-mile disbursement is $11,929 (Table 8, Maintenance Disbursements per State-Controlled Mile, 2016, Figure 3). We also calculated disbursements in centerline- miles to compare 2016 disbursements to previous years. Centerline-miles disbursements increased about 0.5 percent, from
$28,020 per mile in 2015 to $28,687 per mile in 2016. This very slight increase maintains a generally steady spending trend over the last decade. Since 2007, these per-mile disbursements have increased about 15 percent, while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased about 18 percent.*
In 2016, New Mexico, Alabama, North Dakota, Mississippi and South Carolina reported the lowest per-mile capital and bridge expenditures. New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Island, New York and Oklahoma reported the highest per-mile expenditures. The states with the largest percentage shifts from 2015 to 2016 were Delaware and Oklahoma (which increased per-mile expenditures by 89 percent and 62 percent respectively) and New Mexico and Delaware (which decreased per-mile expenditures by 69 percent and 46 percent respectively). Some of the disbursements per state-controlled mile can vary widely from year to year, reflecting funding actions and project schedules.
*Massachusetts’ latest disbursement data is from 2010.
Table 8: Maintenance Disbursements per State-Controlled Lane-Mile
Rank | State | Disbursement |
---|---|---|
1 | New Mexico | $479 |
2 | Alabama | $1,021 |
3 | North Dakota | $1,657 |
4 | Mississippi | $2,912 |
5 | South Carolina | $3,039 |
6 | South Dakota | $3,917 |
7 | West Virginia | $4,934 |
8 | Montana | $5,034 |
9 | North Carolina | $5,352 |
10 | Kansas | $5,353 |
11 | Arkansas | $5,834 |
12 | Missouri | $6,116 |
13 | Wyoming | $6,413 |
14 | Arizona | $6,487 |
15 | Georgia | $7,006 |
16 | Kentucky | $7,372 |
17 | Idaho | $7,896 |
18 | Tennessee | $8,032 |
19 | Iowa | $8,578 |
20 | Wisconsin | $8,631 |
21 | Ohio | $9,102 |
22 | Nevada | $9,367 |
23 | Nebraska | $9,915 |
24 | Louisiana | $10,293 |
25 | Oregon | $10,332 |
26 | Texas | $11,505 |
27 | Michigan | $12,048 |
28 | Maine | $12,109 |
29 | Minnesota | $12,268 |
30 | Alaska | $13,364 |
31 | Virginia | $13,652 |
32 | Colorado | $14,491 |
33 | Connecticut | $16,281 |
34 | Pennsylvania | $16,498 |
35 | Illinois | $16,903 |
36 | Washington | $17,267 |
37 | New Hampshire | $17,951 |
38 | Vermont | $18,445 |
39 | Hawaii | $22,248 |
40 | Utah | $22,717 |
41 | Florida | $23,123 |
42 | Indiana | $24,269 |
43 | Massachusetts | $25,033 |
44 | California | $25,425 |
45 | Maryland | $30,561 |
46 | Oklahoma | $31,190 |
47 | New York | $36,247 |
48 | Rhode Island | $36,902 |
49 | Delaware | $37,040 |
50 | New Jersey | $60,646 |
Weighted Average | $11,929 |