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CED-81-42 1 (1981-03-05)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress

OF THE UNITED STATES


Deteriorating Highways And

Lagging Revenues: A Need To Reassess

The Federal Highway Program


The condition of our Nation's highways is de-
clining. The Interstate System has seen the
most serious decline--its percentage of miles in
poor condition more than doubled over the
last 3 reporting years. Billionsof dollarswill be
needed to preserve these roads, and if timely
action is not taken, deterioration will accel-
erate and even more money will be needed for
reconstruction. The increasing costs to com-
plete the Interstate System and to continue
other highway programs will cost additional
billions.

Mounting costs of highway construction and
maintenance and lagging State and Federal
highway revenues are compounding these
problems. Although the States have taken a
number of actions to increase highway reve-
nues--primarily by raising motor fuel taxes--
there has been no Federal action.

The Congress needs to reassess the Federal
highway program. Among other things, it
should consider priority funding for preserving
existing roads, assessing the goal of completing
the Interstate as now defined, and revising the
Federal motor fuel tax to be more responsive
to inflation.


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    CED-81-42
MARCH 5, 1981

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