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Alternative Title:
Federal aid highways : Federal Highway Administration has improved its risk management approach, but needs to improve its oversight of project costs;FHWA has improved its risk management approach, but needs to improve its oversight of project costs;FHWA oversight;
Corporate Creators:
United States. Government Accountability Office
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Federal Aid To Transportation--United States Finance Government Funding Roads Roads--United States--States--Finance Subsidies
Publication/ Report Number:
GAO-09-751
Resource Type:
Proceedings
Geographical Coverage:
United States
Corporate Publisher:
United States. Government Accountability Office
Abstract:
The federal-aid highway program

provides about $33 billion a year to

states for highway projects. The

federal government provides

funding for and oversees this

program, while states largely

choose and manage the projects.

As requested, GAO reviewed the

Federal Highway Administration’s

(FHWA) implementation of several

requirements in the Safe,

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient

Transportation Equity Act: A

Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU):

(1) oversight of states using a risk

management approach; (2) efforts

to develop minimum standards for

estimating project costs, and

periodically evaluate states’ cost

estimating practices; and

(3) reviews of states’ financial

management systems. GAO also

reviewed FHWA’s policy on

presenting an estimate of financing

costs in financial plans for major

projects (i.e., projects estimated to

cost over $500 million). GAO

reviewed FHWA plans, risk

assessments, reviews, and other

documents; visited five FHWA field

offices and reviewed financial

management reviews in an

additional five field offices; and

interviewed FHWA officials.


Format:
PDF
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:3f916e561e64e0500586ef5259b285cae8960304437b7ce6e9acfe43e0b41559
Download URL:
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17398/dot_17398_DS1.pdf
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