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B-118653 1 (1970-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkqm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: T,-rrTfr . v ct to he released outside the General ....... on the basis of specific approval by t~e. OiCe o' Legislrbve Liaison, a record of which is kept by tb, 'Str;10Ut Section, Publications Branch, OAS t PTOLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 00WASHINGTON. D.C. =04 RELEASED MAY 211972 Dear Mr. Vanik: Reference is made to your letter of July 14, 1969, in which you requested our Office to review the circumstances concerning the con- struction of a section of Interstate Highway Route 71 in Cleveland, Ohio. In your letter you expressed con cexrelative to the increased. cost on this project and raised questions on several specific items re- lated to theproject- Although we have not completed our review, we have developed certain information related to the questions raised in your letter, and, as agreed with your Administrative Assistant, we are furnishing this information to you as an enclosure to this letter. Also, as discussed with you previously, we anticipate that, after our review is completed, we shall prepare a report on our observations. If so, a copy will be provided to you. Our inquiries have shown that there have been significant con- struction problems, lengthy delays, and increased costs associated with this project. Although the project was fully opened to traffic in December 1968 and the Ohio Department of Highways had paid the contractor nearly all the monies due under the contract, there were a number of items still under consideration by the Federal Highway Administration with respect to the amount of Federal funds that ulti- mately would be provided to the State of Ohio as the Federal share of the project costs. The enclosure was prepared from information obtained from records of the various organizations involved and from discussions with representatives of these organizations. Your attention is invited to the fact that these organizations, including the Federal Highway = 0791 2

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