New Mexico

[Max Rockatansky]

Part of the problem is that NMDOT basically maintains almost every moderately significant road in the state.  In most states much of the inventory NMDOT holds would be the responsibility of more local jurisdictions.

[kphoger]

Part of the problem is that NMDOT basically maintains almost every moderately significant road in the state.  In most states much of the inventory NMDOT holds would be the responsibility of more local jurisdictions.

Most states, yes.  They'd be secondary state routes in Texas or Missouri.  If Missouri, then they'd be narrow and only slightly better-paved than in New Mexico.  If Texas, then they'd have paved shoulders and a 70 mph speed limit.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

One problem is New Mexico isn't a state where people are exactly flush with cash, so between a lower-income tax base and federal cuts there are no good choices to be made when it comes to increasing road funding.

[DJStephens]

Yet money is found, for ridiculous "projects" such as the Central Ave ART/BRT, rock landscaping at interchanges, and recent roundabouts in Truth or Consequences (Hot Springs).  Meanwhile pavements statewide are crumbling, often with pieces of asphalt popping up and out of the pavement.   The longer they wait, a simple "mill and fill" can become necessitating a complete reconstruction to include subgrade and basecourse.   A truly broken agency. 

[thenetwork]

Yet money is found, for ridiculous "projects" such as the Central Ave ART/BRT, rock landscaping at interchanges, and recent roundabouts in Truth or Consequences (Hot Springs).  Meanwhile pavements statewide are crumbling, often with pieces of asphalt popping up and out of the pavement.   The longer they wait, a simple "mill and fill" can become necessitating a complete reconstruction to include subgrade and basecourse.   A truly broken agency. 

I often questioned why the necessity to widen US 64 to a fancy 6 lane boulevard between Bloomfield and Farmington.  Not to mention on how "sign happy" they are on newer projects and even on older state and US highways.  A great example is how NDOT likes to sign darn near every county maintained/non-maintained road intersection as if it was a significant numbered-route junction at a town's crossroads.  Definitely wasteful on the wrong aspects of a NDOT highway.