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RED-76-53 1 (1975-12-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkzl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RELEASED #MSTRICTED P Puot to be relehsed outs de 1i r ieral Accountin- Cli:c., ccet o.v thb hasis Gf spe-l. a!?Pq-ova1 ____ by the Gl'ico Q'9 C J:wr.-.a Re atons,- . COMPTROLLER GENERAL. OF THE UN! PO .rTATES WA5HINGTON. D.C. ,a148 B-164497 (3) DEC 4 1975 The Honorable Ken Hechler 1111111 1111111111111111 S' o o o - oII III111 11111 1111111ll1111111 11111 House of Representatives LM090535 Dear Mr. Hechler: On September 2, 1975, you fe-warded for our considaratiot a copy of a letter from one of your constituents which requested us to inquire into the practices foi expending Federal highway funds in West Virginia. You reqjested information on comparing amounts of Federal highway funds allocated to Mingo County and other counties in West Virginia. We subsequently agreed with your office to determine the amounts of Federal highway funds obli gated in *eaeh West Virginia u,J -eofy-for fiscal years 1966 through 19717and, to the extent information is readily available, analyze obligations in terms. of population, Federal aid mileage, and Federal higlrway taxes paid. Although the Federal Highway Administration apportions or allocates Federal highway funds to the States as prescribed by law, the selection of highway projects for wh .'i the funds are obligated is largely deter- mined by the States. Accord'rjly, we did not inquire into West Virginia's practices for selecting the h.ighway prcjects nded. The Highway Administratior' computer summ ry, Federal Aid Highway Projects Authorized it. West Vi ginia from July 1, 1965 through June 30, 1975, shows that about $26.8 millioT., or 1.6 percent, of the $1.6 billion of Federal highway funds obligated in West Virginia were for highway project,- in Mingo County. According to Bureau of the Census figures for July 1, 1974, Mingo County's population was 33,500, or 1.9 percent of the State's total. Mingo County has 1.6 percent--223 miles--of the Federal aid highway mileage in t. State. We did not analyze the funds obligated on the oasis of F,.'deral aid highway taxes paid by the counties because such inForatio® was not readily available within the iiqhway , dministratina, the West Virginia __ Department -f Highways, c the West Virginia State T~x Department. BEST DOCUM ENT AVAILABLE RED-76-53

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