Pursuit's Take
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act of 2012 (MAP-21) was the first long-term surface transportation authorization enacted since 2005. The act’s Subtitle C requires DOT to implement initiatives to accelerate delivery of projects funded by FHWA and FTA, and to report to Congress on the initiatives’ progress. In 2015, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) reauthorized and changed some of the MAP-21 initiatives.
OIG’s audit objectives were to (1) provide the status of DOT’s actions to carry out MAP-21 Subtitle C provisions and (2) identify possible vulnerabilities in DOT’s implementation of these actions.
DOT has completed 27 of its 42 planned actions for implementation of Subtitle C, including issuance of rulemakings, guidance, and reports. However, the Department has had to delay full implementation because it must revise a large number of these actions to comply with the FAST Act. These delays could impact the Department’s ability to achieve MAP-21’s intended benefits, such as accelerating project delivery, reducing costs, and more efficient and effective planning, design, engineering, construction, and financing of transportation projects. DOT also has not established target completion dates for 7 of the remaining 38 planned actions.
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