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Title: COMBINED ROAD PLAN START-UP PROCEDURES AND OPERATING EXPERIENCE
Accession Number: 00600628
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The Combined Road Plan (CRP) established as a demonstration by the 1987 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act is intended to simulate a block grant for certain highway funds. The Minnesota CRP was designed to reduce federal approvals to a minimum and decrease the exchange of paper between state and federal offices. Minnesota chose to use only federal funds that could be pooled and administered in the manner of a block grant. The key action in getting started was the transfer of 180 existing projects to the demonstration program so that most of the procedures could be implemented immediately. The most significant changes in project procedures were concurrent program approval and authorization and the elimination of FHWA involvement in the final inspection process. Most of the changes in approval authority took place in the state organization to handle the newly delegated approvals. Federal procedures had to be changed to accommodate the new state approvals. The administration of the CRP has proven to be surprisingly easy. Existing procedures are used with less federal involvement. Paper flow has been reduced significantly, particularly in connection with project authorizations. Experience to date indicates that the CRP reduces paperwork and gets contracts under way more quickly at the state level. It also allows federal engineers to focus their efforts on higher-priority projects.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1262, Planning, Management and Economic Analysis 1990. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Accession #: 01410801
Authors: Van De Steeg, FrankOhrn, JohnPagination: p. 116-120
Publication Date: 1990
Serial: ISBN: 0309050146
Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM
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