COMBINED ROAD PLAN START-UP PROCEDURES AND OPERATING EXPERIENCE

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.

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• Authors:
  • Van De Steeg, Frank
  • Ohrn, John
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 116-120
• Monograph Title: Planning and administration - planning, management, and economic analysis 1990
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1262
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administrative procedures; Federal aid; Measures of effectiveness; Project management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Change; Effectiveness
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Old TRIS Terms: Block grants; Combined road plan; Procedural requirements
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00600628
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309050146
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM