Highway Public-Private Partnerships: More Rigorous Up-Front Analysis Could Better Secure Potential Benefits and Protect the Public Interest

In February 2008, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report entitled Highway Public-Private Partnerships: More Rigorous Up-Front Analysis Could Better Secure Potential Benefits and Protect the Public Interest (GAO-08-44) that reviewed: (1) the benefits, costs, and trade-offs of highway public-private partnerships; (2) how public officials have identified and acted to protect the public interest in these arrangements; and (3) the federal role in highway public-private partnerships and potential changes in this role. This report discusses these issues.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1149R
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• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Government Accountability Office

  441 G Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20548
• Publication Date: 2008-9-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 12p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Benefit cost analysis; Consumer protection; Federal government; Financing; Highways; Public private partnerships
• Uncontrolled Terms: Public interest
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01111519
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: GAO-08-1149R
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 29 2008 11:48AM