United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-05-23 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-534 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-534 P0b002ee18039ea8e f:d03534 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-534 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-534 GAO-03-534 Environmental monitoring Highway planning Strategic planning Transportation costs Road construction Federal aid for highways Maryland North Carolina Other Written Product A06964 The federal government has a long-term commitment to helping states construct, improve, and repair roads and bridges to meet the nation's mobility needs. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) expects to provide states about $20 billion for highway construction projects in fiscal year 2003. State departments of transportation are primarily responsible for initiating and completing projects. Many federal and state agencies with environmental responsibilities (called resource agencies) help ensure that environmental issues are considered. The environmental review of a federally funded highway project can take from several days to several years. GAO is reporting on the (1) activities involved in the environmental reviews of federally funded highway projects and (2) stakeholders' views on the aspects of environmental review, if any, that unduly add time to gaining environmental approval. GAO obtained stakeholder views from 16 transportation improvement and 12 environmental officials from a variety of federal, state, and private organizations with responsibilities for or interests in constructing federally funded highways. The Department of Transportation had no comments on a draft of this report. Other agencies provided either technical comments or did not respond to our request for comments. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-534/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-534.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-534/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-534.pdf GAO-03-534 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-534 Other Written Product GAO-03-534; Highway Infrastructure: Stakeholders' Views on Time to Conduct Environmental Reviews of Highway Projects; Environmental monitoring Highway planning Strategic planning Transportation costs Road construction Federal aid for highways Maryland North Carolina