Building Highway Infrastructure

The GAO releases a report on the timely completion of highway constructionprojects -- and details the 200 major steps required.

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October 1, 2002, 9:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

According to FHWA, and based on its professional judgment, it typicallytakes from 9 to 19 years to plan, gain approval for, and construct a new,major federally funded highway project that has significant environmentalimpacts. However, these projects constitute only about 3 percent of allfederally funded projects, according to FHWA. These highway projects areoften carried out in four phases.... Completing a new, major highway construction project takes a number ofyears because of the many tasks, requirements, approvals, andstakeholders involved. As many as 200 major steps can be involved indeveloping a transportation project from the identification of project needto the start of construction, depending on the project type and complexity. Editor's note: The link below is to a large PDF document.

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Monday, September 23, 2002 in U.S. General Accounting Office

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