It is funny reading all the complaints from people about Fed funding of roads in the National Forests. Without the roads there would be no access to logging or mining which both pay way more into the Fed coffers than a little “road maintenance” takes out. Anyway, I have traveled thousands of miles on roads in the National Forests and I have yet to see any road maintenance being done. However, I do occasionally see a few Forest Service employees driving around doing nothing at our expense.
Most of the roads in federal land in the west are built by private money - loggers and ranchers. The fees paid by ranchers and loggers covers the maintenance and more.