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The 2030 Committee posted its draft Texas Transportation Needs Report on the Committee’s website for public comment through the end of January.   The report provides a comprehensive analysis of estimated transportation needs, anticipated costs in 2008 dollars and resulting benefits from safeguarding the investment in existing highway transportation facilities (maintenance of pavements and bridges), urban mobility and rural mobility and safety.   An Executive Summary is also available.

 

The Committee estimates that $313 billion is needed between 2009 and 2030 for urban and rural road construction, maintenance and bridge work, which breaks down at $14.2 billion per year.     The report estimates that $171 billion, or $7.8 billion a year, is needed to expand urban roadways to keep traffic congestion from getting worse.   Less the current estimated funding trend of $70 billion, that alone leaves a gap of $101 billion. 

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The 2030 Committee’s Recommendations:

  • Support Texas’ economic strength and quality of life by preventing worsening congestion; as an absolute minimum, do not allow Texas’ urban mobility to decline below the average of peer cities.
  • Broaden the ability of urban regions to raise revenue to increase mobility if locally desired without reducing state funding for mobility.
  • Investment needed: “Prevent Worsening Congestion” $171 billion total; $7.6 billion per year.

The Committee presented a draft executive summary of the report to the Texas Transportation Commission in December.

 

Money shortage for roads just keeps growing

Huge bill is seen coming down the road