New Mexico Infrastructure Overview
While the nation’s infrastructure earned a C in the 2025 Infrastructure Report Card, New Mexico faces infrastructure challenges of its own. For example, driving on roads in need of repair in New Mexico costs each driver $767 per year, and 5.5% of bridges are rated structurally deficient. Drinking water needs in New Mexico are an estimated $1.4 billion. 219 dams are considered to be high-hazard potential. The state’s schools have an estimated capital expenditure gap of $407 million. This deteriorating infrastructure impedes New Mexico’s ability to compete in an increasingly global marketplace. Success in a 21st-century economy requires serious, sustained leadership on infrastructure investment at all levels of government. Delaying these investments only escalates the cost and risks of an aging infrastructure system, an option that the country, New Mexico, and families can no longer afford.
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New Mexico is home to 122 miles of levees which protect $11.2 billion of property.
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4,033
Bridges
4%
of Bridges are Deficient
222
High Hazard Dams
$8.1B
in Drinking Water Needs
385 Miles
of Levees
Protecting 355,000 people
57%
of Roads in poor or fair condition
$ 1,075.13
Motorist pays annually
due to insufficient infrastructure
10.1M
Passenger Trips on Public Transit
$24.8B
Wastewater needs
$9.3B
Total storm damage
(1980-2024)
IIJA Grants
IIJA Funding Announced
Number of IIJA Projects
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System: This $229 million award will construct a 130-mile pipeline delivering clean water from the Ute Reservoir to 70,000 people, resulting in a reliable water supply for a region impacted by a rapidly declining aquifer.
Nogal Canyon Bridge Replacement Project: This $72 million award will replace two deteriorating truss bridges carrying Interstate 25 over Nogal Canyon in Socorro County, resulting in signature bridges that ensure continued efficiency and mobility along a nationally significant corridor and support regional and state economic competitiveness.
Border Highway Connector Project: This $45 million award will develop a six-mile, four-lane, directionally-separated highway connecting the Santa Teresa Port of Entry with State Road 273 in Sunland Park, resulting in reduced congestion and improved freight movement by providing a direct route that shortens travel time for trucks between STPoE, Interstate 10, and the Union Pacific Intermodal Facility.
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