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B-169174 1 (1971-11-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafdv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOV7 UNITED STATES GENERAL Au WASHINGTON, D.C. CIVIL DIVISION B-169174 I V 19 Dear Mr. Secretary: 10111lMlllll11lll9l5lll1lllllllll111l/ilt LM095473 This is to advise you of a recent decision of the Comp-, troller General of the United States (B-169174, March 25, Z 1971), which affects the policies and practices of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, and the Corps of 71, Engineers, Department of the Army, for relocatingpublic roads as necessitated by th-e construction-6fwaer resources projects. A copy- of the subject decision is enclosed for your information. Section 207(c) of the Flood Control Act of 1960, as amended by Public Law 87-874, dated October 23, 1962 (33 U.S.C. 701r-l(c)), authorizes the Bureau and the Corps to construct substitute roads to design standards comparable to those of the State, or the owning political division, for roads of the same classification as the road being replaced. The classification of a road is to be determined by the traf- fic volume existing at the time of taking. The act, as amended, provides further that, when a State or political subdivision requests that the substitute road be constructed to standards higher than current standards for current traf- fic, it must pay, prior to commencement of construction, the additional costs due to such higher standards. In the decision of March 25, 1971, the Comptroller Gen- eral questioned the authority of the Corps to construct with Federal funds a second two-lane bridge for U.S. Highway No. 19, State Road 55, over the Cross-Florida Barge Canal. The Corps had agreed to provide the State of Florida with a second bridge on the rationale that some States incorporated projected traffic growth into their published design stan- dards to determine the type of roads to be constructed while others, such as the State of Florida, did not. The Corps contended that these differences in published design standards resulted in some States' receiving, without cost, better roads than those replaced whereas other States had to contribute funds for similar improvements. Because ( BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1921-1971 C2-5 I IIBI

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