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New Mexico Report

Continued investment in New Mexico's bridges have ensured decreased numbers of structurally deficient bridges in recent years.

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.

New Mexico is home to 122 miles of levees which protect $11.2 billion of property.

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Aviation

$40.2 million in 2024 airport improvement grants across 10 major airports

Drinking Water

$3.3 billion total drinking water need

Transit

9.6 million passenger trips across 27 systems in 2023

Bridges

4,035 bridges, 4.5% of which were structurally deficient in 2024

Hazardous Waste

22 Superfund sites

Wastewater

$2.3 billion total wastewater need

Dams

222 high hazard dams

Levees

122 miles of levees protect $11.2 billion of property.

Roads

56% of roads are in poor or fair condition

IIJA Grants

$0M

for the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System

$0M

to the Mescalero Apache Tribe for broadband deployment

$0M

for the Albuquerque International Sunport

$0K

for drainage stabilization & sedimentation control on roads in Cibola Nat'l Forest

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