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NMDOT District 4 outlines $133M in recent projects, $92M ongoing and $88M planned for 2026
Summary
District 4 engineer Adam Romero told the Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommittee the district completed roughly $133 million in major projects, has five ongoing projects totaling about $92 million and plans approximately $88 million of work to be let in 2026, while highlighting wildfire recovery and maintenance needs.
Adam Romero, district engineer for NMDOT’s District 4, told the Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommittee the northeastern district has concentrated recent work on large reconstruction and safety projects and continues to respond to wildfire and flood damage.
Romero said District 4 — which covers seven counties, 20 municipalities and borders Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas — finished about $133 million in large construction projects in recent years and currently manages five major ongoing contracts worth roughly $92 million, including Coyote Creek Phase 3 and Raton Pass Phase 3. “We’ve completed a total of $133,000,000 worth of projects,” Romero said.
The engineer said the district received a series of legislative and federal allocations across recent years: $20 million (House Bill 2) in 2020, $28.2 million in 2021 (plus $8 million in American Rescue Plan funding for NM-39), $37.6 million in 2022 (with Raton Pass Phase 3 at about 90% complete), smaller appropriations in 2024, and $10 million in 2025. Romero told the committee two of the 2025 projects are complete and two are slated to finish in fiscal 2026.
Romero also described smaller maintenance programs and emergency work. He said the district’s annual maintenance fund typically ranges from $3–$4 million and supports sign replacement, guardrail repairs and similar work. Since the 2022 Calf Canyon–Hermit Peak wildfires, District 4 has spent about $7.2 million on wildfire-related repairs and has continued to respond to flood washouts; Romero recounted crews reopening a washed-out segment near Mora to traffic within 48 hours.
On longer-range planning, Romero reviewed STIP priorities and noted about $88 million of projects are expected to be let in 2026, including bridge work, safety projects and interchange reconstruction. He emphasized I‑40 remains a top priority and that the STIP is a “live document” that can be advanced if additional legislative or federal funding becomes available.
Committee members asked for more detail about local cooperative agreements and school projects; Romero said LGRF applications are handled by district LGRF staff and are typically small parking or access improvements. A committee member and DOT staff discussed combining the Transportation Project Fund and Local Government Road Fund to give communities larger, more flexible project budgets.
The committee did not take formal action on any project during the presentation. Romero concluded by listing district equipment needs (10‑yard dump trucks, tractor mowers, pickup trucks) and production metrics for snow removal and mowing.
Next steps: the district will continue planned lettings for 2026 and pursue available federal redistribution and legislative funding to advance projects.
