United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-05-10 monographic deposited born digital 35 p. GA 1.13:RCED-96-131 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-131 P0b002ee1803a2b33 f:rc96131 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-131 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-131 RCED-96-131 Federal aid for highways Road construction Intergovernmental fiscal relations Future budget projections Construction costs Unobligated budget balances Public roads or highways Cost sharing (finance) Cost control Central Artery/Tunnel Project (Boston, MA) FHwA Interstate Construction Program Massachusetts Design-to-Cost Program FHwA Federal-Aid Highway Program Highway Trust Fund Boston (MA) Massachusetts Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, Massachusetts, focusing on: (1) the project's estimated total costs; and (2) Massachusetts' plans for financing the project.<p/>GAO found that: (1) in January 1996, Massachusetts estimated that the project's total cost was $7.8 billion, but that estimate did not include $1 billion in previously identified costs or account for the effects of inflation; (2) project costs could total more than $10.4 billion if Massachusetts does not successfully contain construction costs well below historic levels; (3) Massachusetts has directed two state agencies to contribute $200 million toward project costs, but federal and state funding may not be sufficient to complete the project by 2004; (4) federal funding may be limited by the lack of provisions giving the state access to unobligated balances from previous years; and (5) Massachusetts has identified several funding options, but shortfalls exist under all of the options because of its plans to accelerate construction and begin numerous projects within a short period of time. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-131/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-131.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-131/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-131.pdf GAO/RCED-96-131 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-131 Letter Report GAO/RCED-96-131; Transportation Infrastructure: Central Artery/Tunnel Project Faces Financial Uncertainties; Federal aid for highways Road construction Intergovernmental fiscal relations Future budget projections Construction costs Unobligated budget balances Public roads or highways Cost sharing (finance) Cost control Central Artery/Tunnel Project (Boston, MA) FHwA Interstate Construction Program Massachusetts Design-to-Cost Program FHwA Federal-Aid Highway Program Highway Trust Fund Boston (MA) Massachusetts