NEW MEXICO’S INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING ACHIEVEMENTS AND GAPS
A Celebration of Community Investment Ten Years of Infrastructure Finance Conferences Eleven Billion Dollars Invested in New Mexico Communities + Roads + Water + Housing + Wastewater + Public Buildings + Transit + Parks + Bridges + Solid Waste + Jails + Stormwater + Economic Development
The Public Works Government’s Vital Role In Infrastructure Plan Design Finance Build Maintain
Government's Essential Roles Problem solver Protector Planner Partner with Non-profits Community groups Utilities Businesses
Why Government, Post-Katrina Provide things that individuals and the private sector simply cannot Build the public infrastructure necessary for a civilized society Help deal with risk Help relieve suffering Help people and communities restore some level of normalcy and decency This role sometimes means imposing government regulations on people and institutions (such as having basic housing codes, or requiring factories and cars to limit pollution).
Why Invest in Infrastructure Provide for basic health, safety and welfare Ensure enhanced freight, residential and employee mobility Ensure adequate supply of water, power and other utilities at a reasonable price Maximize effectiveness of public and private sector infrastructure investments Enhance the environment Retain and expand the number of high quality family‑wage jobs
Infrastructure Planning in New Mexico Department of Transportation State Transportation Improvement Plan Department of Finance & Administration Local Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) State Agency ICIP Public Schools Facility Authority
The $11 Billion Achievement
Department of Transportation $5 Billion Big "I" reconstruction US-491 in the Gallup area US-550 from Bernalillo to Aztec US-285 from Santa Fe to Carlsbad US-84/285 from Santa Fe to Pojoaque US-70 from Las Cruces to Ruidoso Railrunner commuter rail service
New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority - $2.2 B Low Income Heating Program Mortgage $aver Payment $aver Helping Hand Permanent first mortgages Tax credits Build-it Loan Guarantees HOME Section 8
HUD $1.2 Billion CDBG HOME Rural Housing FHA Mortgage Insurance Continuum of Care (Homeless)
USDA $1 Billion Business Programs Housing Programs Community Programs
New Mexico Finance Authority - $824 Million Drinking Water Revolving Loans Public Project Revolving Loans Water/Wastewater Grants Primary Care Capital Fund State Buildings & Automation Project Financing Water and Wastewater Planning Grants Water Project Fund/Water Trust Board
The $16 Billion Gap
State Roads Principal Arterials: $2.081 Billion Interstates: $1.649 Billion Minor Arterials: $990 Million Collectors: $934 Million Spending $5.6 Billion on roads yields $50.7 Billion in benefits, a 9:1 ratio
Community Needs Water and Wastewater: $1.8 Billion Public Facilities: $1.2 Billion Transportation: $1.16 Billion Public Utilities: $491 Million Parks: $304 Million Stormwater Facilities: $204 Million City of Albuquerque: $1.1 Billion
Water Sampler Carlsbad, effluent water project: $5 million Dona Ana County, water rights: $20 million Española, upgrade of waterlines: $8 million Gallup, share of the Navajo/Gallup water pipeline: $105 million Los Lunas, meet new arsenic standards: $14 million Rio Rancho, effluent reuse: $22 million; and arsenic removal: $51 million Santa Fe City and County’s Buckman diversion and pipeline: $215 million
Transportation Sampler Albuquerque, trails and bike routes: $9 million Burnham chapter of the Navajo Nation, road paving: $10 million Eddy County, coop roads: $5.3 million Jemez Pueblo, bypass: $17.5 million Las Vegas, arterial: $6 million Otero County, bypass around Alamogordo: $3 million
Wastewater Sampler Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs, regional system: $34 million Bernalillo County, South Valley system: $79 million Des Moines, wetlands: $2 million Elephant Butte, wastewater system: $14 million Los Lunas, replacement of downtown sewers: $3 million Rio Arriba County, wastewater system for the Cordova area: $7 million
Downtown Sampler Albuquerque, mass transit to link the west side through downtown to uptown: $28 million Edgewood, performing arts center: $3.3 million Hobbs, streetscape and downtown square: $2 million Las Vegas, downtown revitalization: $3 million McKinley County and Gallup, courthouse square: $1.2 million Taos County, renovation of old plaza courthouse: $2.7 million
The State of State Agencies
Infrastructure Finacing – The Next Ten Years Fix It First Policy Meet Levels of Service Plans Precede Facilities Facilities Precede Development Location Based Investment Policy