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原文传递 Practices and Performance Measures for Local Public Agency Federally Funded Highway Projects. NCHRP Synthesis 442.

题名：	Practices and Performance Measures for Local Public Agency Federally Funded Highway Projects. NCHRP Synthesis 442.
作者：	Giancola, A. R.; Mccarthy, L. A.; Park, S.
关键词：	Contracts; Federal Aid; Federal Funds; Highways; Local Agencies; Performance Evaluation; Project Management; Public Transportation; State Transportation Agencies; Transportation Planning
摘要：	Many federally funded transportation programs are developed and managed by local agencies and administered by state transportation agencies (DOTs). In 2006, an estimated $6 billion to $8 billion in federal-aid contracts was administered by local public agencies (LPAs) in at least 45 states, representing about 20% of the overall annual federal-aid program. Since 2006, there has been significant growth nationally in dollars allocated to LPA projects, particularly in light of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. As of 2009, 13% of states overall federal-aid highway program goes to LPA, representing $7.38 billion; and 18% of states overall ARRA program goes to LPA, representing $6.07 billion. This represents an increase of $5 billion to $7 billion for LPA projects over the overall federal-aid program, demonstrating an even more critical need to study practices and performance measures for LPA federally funded transportation projects. In 2011, NCHRP Synthesis Report 414 explored and discussed the challenges to delivering federal-aid projects (McCarthy et al. 2011). The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) found that 88% of LPA projects that OIG reviewed in 2011 had at least one instance of noncompliance with federal requirements. The DOT Local Programs Officers are primarily responsible for distributing and managing federal-aid funds that could be made available for local agency use. For a number of reasons, federally funded projects that might be performed by LPAs, or those that are obligated to LPAs, never come to fruition. Some reasons include an LPA funding match not being available, projects not being construction-ready, one-size-fits-all federal requirements that leave little flexibility, and state-level restrictions and processes that may create challenges to the LPA program.
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