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CED-78-135 1 (1978-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxry0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DQCUkN [ 11E5SUP. 06749 - [B18668761 [Uncttainties Surrounditg chicaqo's CLosstcwn Expxessway). CED-78-135; B-164497(3). June 30, 1978. 4 pp. Report to Rep. Abner J. Mikva; by Henry Ischwega, Eirec'tcr, community and ECOnomic Development Div. Issue Area: Transportation SyEtems and Eclicie: Rational Hiqhway System (24109). Contact: Community aud Economic Develc~eent Div. Budqet Function: Commerce and Transportaticn (400; Comaexce 'd Transportation: Ground Transportation 1404). Organization Concerned: Department of 7rans~cortation; Federal Hiqhway Administration. Congressional Relevance: Rep. Abrer J. Mikva. ,ost estimates for ccnstructirg the propovd 19.9-miie Crosstown 2xpressway in Chicago, Illinois, mere examined, and each qcveriimentes shace of the costs were determinled. flh Federal Hiqhway Alministration (FHWA) .stimated that the expressway, not including a 6.3 mile n )rthern segment, will cost about $1.25 billion in 1975 dollars. kinal costs will defend on inflation rates. The expcesswayls ftture as of June 1978 was uncertain because FHWA had withdrawn its locatioa avd deslyn approval and requested a reeh,4luaticz. The 6.3 mile segment was withdrawn from the interstate systen in response to an application and, as a result, is no longer rligible for construction withi interstate funds. Substitute fundinq is available, but Illinois has no current plins for this construction. If the segment is built tithcut interstate funds, many proc,edural requirements for interstate highways w',uld sti.l ve to be satisfied. Costs of constructing Federal-aid k!4hways i.. Chicaqo are traditionally shared by the State, Chicago, Cook County, and the kederal Government. Under current clans and procedures, the Federal Government will pay 9C% of tie ccsts (about $1 billion) of the expressud) on the interstate system. The State, county, and city share of tte costs could vary from $4o million to $155 million each, depending on the irflaticn rate and the awount of Federal particiraticn. State and city officials did no believe that & motor fuel tax increase would be necessary to pay for the exFreFsba.. (H7W)

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