United States Department of Transportation
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Transportation infrastructure : review of project selection process for five FHWA discretionary programs
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1997-11-01
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NTL Classification:NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY;NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Funding;
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Abstract:DOT uses a two-phase process for selecting and funding transportation
projects for the five discretionary programs we reviewed. In the first
phase, FHWA program staff in the field and headquarters compile and
evaluate the applications that states submit for discretionary funding.
Program staff screen the applications by applying eligibility criteria
established by statute or administratively. On the basis of written criteria,
program staff group the projects into four categories that range in priority
from most promising to not qualified and submit the groupings to the
Office of the Administrator. The submission to the Office of the
Administrator provides information on each candidate project, data on
discretionary funds that each state received during prior years, and the
current level of congressional interest. In the second phase, the Office of
the Administrator uses the information submitted by the program staff, as
well as other factors, to evaluate the projects and make the final
selections. According to FHWA’s Acting Deputy Administrator, the Office of
the Administrator has tried to ensure that the dollars are spread fairly
among all the states and that the interests of Members of Congress are
addressed. In contrast to the analyses that the program staff complete in
the first phase, the Office of the Administrator does not document the
factors it uses to select the final projects or its rationale for making the
final selections.
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