City Budget Review

Transportation budget, fiscal year 2026

Transportation spent $53.0M in fiscal year 2026 — 12% of the $455.3M the City of Surprise published across 22 departments, and the 4th-largest share.

Spending

$53.0M

12% of city spending · down 27% from 2025

Revenue

$12.1M

Salaries

$5.1M

Divisions

Where the money went

Every published expense line, added up by the city's own category.

Transportation spending by category, fiscal year 2026
Category	Total
Cptl-Streets Improvements	$24.8M47% · 72 lines
Streets Maintenance	$10.9M21% · 57 lines
Full-Time Salaries	$3.6M6.9% · 550 lines
Cptl-Design Engineering	$3.0M5.6% · 75 lines
Prof Svc-Service Agreements	$1.9M3.7% · 36 lines
Prof Svc-Landscape Services	$1.2M2.3% · 44 lines
Signs and Sign Supplies	$1.1M2.1% · 47 lines
Professional_Outside Svc-Other	$858K1.6% · 33 lines
56 other categories	$5.5M10%

Revenue the city credited to this department, by category.

Transportation revenue by category, fiscal year 2026
Category	Total
Highway User Tax Revenue-State	$11.5M95% · 1 line
State Shared Lottery Tax Rev	$364K3.0% · 1 line
Interest Income Rev	$323K2.7% · 1 line
Temp Traffic Control Rev	$16K0.1% · 2 lines
Traffic Impact Analysis Rev	$540.00less than 0.1% · 1 line
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev	($22K)1 line
In Lieu Developer Revenue	($98K)1 line

The biggest individual payments the city published for this department.

Largest Transportation payments, fiscal year 2026
Description	Fund	Amount
Cptl-Streets ImprovementsFeb 12, 2026The largest of 7 such lines among the top 15	GO Bond Series 2024	$2,360,794.76
Cptl-Streets ImprovementsJun 30, 2026	General Capital Projects Fund	$1,859,282.39
Streets MaintenanceOct 20, 2025The largest of 4 such lines among the top 15	Highway User Revenue	$1,417,203.86
Cptl-Streets ImprovementsAug 4, 2025The largest of 3 such lines among the top 15	Transportation Improvement	$1,282,972.86

The biggest individual receipts the city credited to this department.

Largest Transportation revenue lines, fiscal year 2026
Description	Fund	Amount
Highway User Tax Revenue-State	Highway User Revenue	$11,487,296.37
State Shared Lottery Tax Rev	LTAF II/ALF	$364,134.00
Interest Income Rev	Highway User Revenue	$323,497.08
Temp Traffic Control Rev	General Fund	$18,750.00
Traffic Impact Analysis Rev	General Fund	$540.00
Temp Traffic Control Rev	Highway User Revenue	($3,000.00)
Unrealized Gain Loss Rev	Highway User Revenue	($21,810.56)
In Lieu Developer Revenue	General Fund	($98,386.25)

Totals as the city published them. Surprise does not publish employee names or headcount, and state law keeps individual salaries confidential.

Transportation salary totals by division, fiscal year 2026
Division	Published total
Streets Operations	$2,883,651.42
TSMO	$862,591.34
Traffic Engineering	$721,546.28
Transportation Administration	$645,754.20

Published salary total by fiscal year: $637K in 2024, $5.1M in 2026. Not adjusted for inflation.

City labels these records unaudited. View the city's original records.