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Highway Emergency Relief: Federal Highway Administration Should Enhance Accountability over Project Decisions

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 17, 2019
Release Date Oct. 17, 2019
Report No. GAO-20-32
Summary:

After a disaster, states and the federal government share the cost of rebuilding roads and bridges. But the federal government pays for emergency repairs to quickly reopen essential routes.

We found at least 3 projects related to the 2017 hurricanes that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) may have inappropriately classified as emergency repairs. For example, a Texas ferry project received $10 million in emergency funds, but available highways served the same routes immediately after the hurricane.

To ensure future projects are classified appropriately, we recommended FHWA clearly define emergency repairs and document its rationales.

One of the Federal Highway Administration’s emergency repair projects after the 2017 hurricanes was to fix this roadway in Puerto Rico after a landslide caused its collapse.

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