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53 C H A P T E R 5 is chapter provides the conclusions of this research. It also describes the outcome of funding uncertainty on transportation agencies and explores the factors that make them sensitive to it.
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54 Federal Funding Uncertainty in State, Local, and Regional Departments of Transportation: Impacts, Responses, and Adaptations In some cases, these strategies may help states increase net transportation funding, but in others they may not keep pace with inflation. Notably, the availability of additional revenue is not uniform across all states or regions.
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The Outcomes of Federal Funding Uncertainty 55 over the course of their capital program. If funding amounts change, they may not be able to perform preservation and maintenance activities at the optimal time.
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56 Federal Funding Uncertainty in State, Local, and Regional Departments of Transportation: Impacts, Responses, and Adaptations project needs, the process of arranging the trade can take weeks. SDDOT noted that while additional funds from the August redistribution are welcome, they create a workload spike for their project teams, with little predictability from one year to the next regarding the amount available.
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The Outcomes of Federal Funding Uncertainty 57 * 2016 data presented in 1994 base year dollars.
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58 Federal Funding Uncertainty in State, Local, and Regional Departments of Transportation: Impacts, Responses, and Adaptations to 37%) and by 16% in South Dakota (expanding from 31% to 47%)
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The Outcomes of Federal Funding Uncertainty 59 on a hope and a dream rather than a budget." The same official underscored that this situation has nothing to do with the capabilities of the DOT, noting that the state DOT has a "revenue problem, not a process problem." 5.2.2 Asset Condition Asset condition is another fundamental driver of sensitivity to federal transportation funding uncertainty. As the Interstate Highway System and NHS have been built out, the primary activity of most state DOTs evolved from construction to asset preservation.
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60 Federal Funding Uncertainty in State, Local, and Regional Departments of Transportation: Impacts, Responses, and Adaptations While states with newer facilities and mild winters, such as Texas, have been able to maintain their assets in good condition, others are handicapped by the poor condition of legacy assets and have reported being highly sensitive to shortfalls or inadequacy of federal funding. Pennsylvania has been challenged by poor starting conditions across the board, with some of the poorest roadway asset conditions in the United States.
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The Outcomes of Federal Funding Uncertainty 61 case study agencies reported different levels of concern regarding federal funding uncertainty suggests the factors mentioned above -- availability of nonfederal revenues and asset condition -- may have a greater impact on sensitivity to federal funding uncertainty than the size and extent of the state-owned highway system. 5.3 Key Findings of this Research 1.
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62 Federal Funding Uncertainty in State, Local, and Regional Departments of Transportation: Impacts, Responses, and Adaptations programming, and financial management tools to manage the effects of federal transportation funding uncertainty. All cases study agencies reported extensive use of advance construction, conservative federal funding projections, and project phasing and schedule adjustments.
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The Outcomes of Federal Funding Uncertainty 63 7. Managing federal funding uncertainty requires constant attention and adjustment.
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64 Federal Funding Uncertainty in State, Local, and Regional Departments of Transportation: Impacts, Responses, and Adaptations are broad, the extent of their impact varies depending on other factors specific to states and regions. As they manage federal funds, states and local regions must adapt and make decisions based on varying levels of uncertainty across their programs.
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The Outcomes of Federal Funding Uncertainty 65 creating an anticipated cumulative shortfall of $215 billion through fiscal year 2031. This raises the specter that, once the new authorization expires, the federal government may no longer be able to maintain historic transportation funding levels.
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