State lawmakers are working to secure over $1 billion in new funding for the New Mexico Department of Transportation. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – State lawmakers are working to secure over $1 billion in new funding for the New Mexico Department of Transportation. A recent report shows about a third of New Mexico roads are in poor condition. “That’s local roads, including your county roads, it’s our interstates and everything in between,” said Roose. And you want to have good roads, and you want to have safe roads,” said Sen. George Muñoz of Gallup.