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FHWA Highway Information Seminar

November 18, 2004

Challenges for Today's DOT

• Reauthorization
• Finance
• Project Delivery
• Work Force

TEA 21 Reauthorization

• Funding Levels
• Erosion of Core Highway Programs
• Project and Program Earmarking
• Policy Issues
• Outlook

Future Finance.Near Term

• Fuel tax - user fee mechanism for the near term
• Traditional Supplements - e.g., Bonds,Tolls
• New Technology/New Methods
• Emerging Innovations - Garvees, HOT lanes, Public Private Partnerships

Future Finance - Long Term."Fill the Gap"

• Alternatives to the Fuel Tax
• Commission to study future of revenue sources to the Highway Trust Fund
• State DOTs as Laboratories of Innovation
  • Toll revenues
  • GARVEE bonds
  • Public/Private partnerships
  • Developer fees
  • Tax credit bonds

Project Delivery

• Community Acceptance
• Environmental Compatibility
• Engineering Credibility
• Financial Feasibility

Options and Approaches."The New Normal"

• Context Sensitive Solutions
• Environmental Leadership, Stewardship and Streamlining
• Asset Management
• Warranties
• Technology
• Project Oversight
• Finance Plans

Work Force Challenges

• Mission Change
• Agency Downsizing and Reorganization
• Program Growth
• Aging Work Force and Retirements
• Changing Skill Needs
• Technology

Options and Approaches

• Recruitment
• Retention
• Training
• Succession