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                   UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE        20293
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT D[VISION
                                            OCT 3 11979


   Mr. Karl S.  Bowers, Administrator
   Federal Highway Administration     00
   Department of  Transportation                         120243

   Dear Mr. Bowers:

        We have  completed our Lsurvey of the Interstate
   Resurfacing, Restoration,  and Rehabilitation t2501 program
   which provides  the States with Federal funding to assist
   them in preserving  their existing interstate highways.
   We are not planning  any additional audit work on the pro-
   gram at this time; however,  we did note two matters in the
   program's operation which  we believe should be brought to
   your attention:

        --Further guidance may  be necessary for determining
          whether regular  interstate funds or interstate RRR
          funds should be  used for friction courses.

        --The criteria for approving  overlays are general
          and do not ensure  that the overlays are the most
          cost effective.

        In addition to our work  at the Federal Highway Admin-
   istration (FHWA) headquarters office,  we visited FHWA
   division offices and State highway  offices in Massachusetts,
   Connecticut, and Rhode Island.  we  also contacted FHWA re-
   gional offices in New York and Colorado.   Details of our
   observations and recommendations  are presented below.

   FUNDING OF FRICTION COURSES

        Our discussions with FHWA  field officials concerning
   various circumstances under which  overlays to improve the
   skid resistance of the highway  surface (friction courses)
   might be constructed indicated  that under similar circum-
   stances their decisions-to use  regular interstate funds
   or interstate RRR funds varied.   Because of the different
   Federal participation rates  for the two sources of fund-
   ing--90 percent for regular  interstate funding and 75


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