Infrastructure Planning and Development Division

Background

On July 1, 2024, the Department of Finance and Administration launched the IPDD as legislatively defined by House Bill 232 in the 2024 Regular Legislative Session. IPDD aims to overhaul and modernize the capital outlay process by centralizing and consolidating infrastructure and capital outlay operations and integrating funding navigation to ensure projects are fully funded and completed in a timely manner.

Historically, New Mexico has conducted capital outlay using analogic-type processes that require modernization. The state’s commitment to the modernization of the capital outlay and infrastructure process comes through two critical developments:

1. The creation of IPDD
2. The development of a modernized capital outlay and infrastructure system that the executive branch, legislature, and the public can easily access and understand. IPDD leads this upgrade.

Why is IPDD important?

In addition to other duties that may be assigned to the Infrastructure Planning and Development Division, the division shall:

• Provide assistance to local governments, councils of governments and tribal governments in identifying and accessing funding for infrastructure development from public and private sources and in administering funding to complete capital projects.
• Receive, review and evaluate capital project plans proposed by local governments, councils of government and tribal governments and provide advice on the plans.
• Coordinate with the federal grants bureau to leverage state dollars for federal infrastructure grants and to identify federal funding opportunities for state and local projects and track the pursuit and receipt of those federal grants.