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GAO-04-113R 1 (2003-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaamiu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 November 3, 2003 The Honorable Peter G. Fitzgerald Chairman The Honorable Daniel K. Akaka Ranking Member Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Subject: Comparison of States' Highway Construction Costs In your recent letter to us concerning the impending reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, you stated that the return on federal investment could be increased through effective cost competition for states' highway construction contracts. In this context, you asked that we report on how states compare in terms of the cost of highway construction. As agreed with your offices, we are reporting to you on whether Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data can help transportation stakeholders understand how states' costs to build, reconstruct, and maintain federally financed highways, roads, and bridges (termed constructing highways for this report) compare. During our review, we became aware of significant issues regarding the quality of the data that FHWA collects and reports, a topic also discussed in this report. On September 11, 2003, we briefed the Chairman on the results of our work, and on September 22 we provided the Ranking Member's office with the briefing slides we prepared. This report summarizes the briefing. The slides that formed the basis for the briefing are enclosed. Background States, with support from localities, are primarily responsible for building and maintaining the nation's highways, roads, and bridges, with significant financial support from the federal government. From 1998 through 2001 (the latest years for which data are available), all levels of government spent more than $80 billion each year for capital construction and maintenance of their highways, roads, and bridges. Of this amount, the federal government supplied about $30 billion annually. GAO-04-113R States' Highway Construction Costs

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