Gregory Murrill

Gregory Murrill
FHWA Division Administrator-Maryland
ASHE Chesapeake Section Meeting
March 19, 2013
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Outline
• Overview of MAP-21
• State Apportionments
• Other Key Programs/Provision
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MAP-21 Headline
• SAFETEA-LU expired on 9/30/09
• 10 extensions (final one from 7/1/12 - 7/6/12)
• Strong bipartisan vote for 27-month transportation bill
• Passed 373-52 in the House
• Passed 74-19 in the Senate
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Highlights of the new law
• Relative simplicity
• No earmarks
• Almost no discretionary programs
• Significant program consolidation
• Establishes performance-based Federal program
• Increased emphasis on national issues
• Enhanced NHS
• Freight provisions
• Elimination of “niche” programs
• Focus on shortening project delivery
• Builds from Every Day Counts
• Reduces project delivery times without sacrificing environment
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27 months of stable funding
• Authorizes program through FY14
• Current law through end of FY12
• Most new provisions go into effect on October 1 st
• Average annual funding at FY12 levels (plus minor inflation)
• FY13 - $41 billion for FHWA
• FY14 - $41 billion for FHWA
• Ensures 2 years of HTF solvency; extends HTF taxes
through 2016
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Program Structure
MAP-21
National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)
Surface Transportation Program (STP)
Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement
Program (CMAQ)
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)
Railway-Highway Grade Crossing
(takedown from HSIP)
Metropolitan Planning
Transportation Alternatives (set-aside from
NHPP, STP, HSIP, CMAQ, and Metro Planning)
SAFETEA-LU
NHS, IM, & Bridge (portion)
STP & Bridge (portion)
CMAQ
HSIP (incl. High Risk Rural
Roads)
Railway Highway Grade
Crossing
Metropolitan Planning
TE, Recreational Trails, and
Safe Routes to School
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$37.7 billion/year in formula funding
Surface
Transportation
Program
($10.0)
National Highway
Performance
Program ($21.8)
HSIP ($2.2)
Railway-Highway Crossing ($0.2)
CMAQ ($2.2)
Transportation Alternatives ($0.8)
Metro Planning ($0.3)
Note: Amounts in $ billions; individual program amounts do not add
exactly to total due to rounding
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A new approach to formulas
Authorize lump sum for all apportioned programs
Calculate total amount to apportion to each State
Divide State lump sum among programs
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Maryland apportionments
FY 2013
Program
Apportionment
($millions)
National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) $330.4
Surface Transportation Program (STP) $152.0
Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement Program
(CMAQ)
$53.6
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) $34.0
Railway-Highway Grade Crossing
(set-aside from HSIP)
$2.3
Metropolitan Planning $6.7
Total $579.0
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Performance Management
• MAP-21 identifies national goals in seven areas
• USDOT establishes measures, with stakeholder input
• States & MPOs set targets
• State & metro plans incorporate targets
• States report to USDOT on progress toward targets
(within 4 yr of enactment; biennially thereafter)
• Consequences if condition of NHS falls below thresholds
• Website: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tpm/
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Significant changes to shorten project delivery
• New set of categorical exclusions (CEs)
(multimodal, ER, operational ROW, limited assistance)
• Streamlining of process review
(FEIS/ROD, planning/NEPA, programmatic mitigation)
• New/improved delivery techniques
(CMGC, ROW purchase)
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TIFIA and Tolling Provisions
• Expanded and enhanced TIFIA program
• Lending capacity expanded: up to $17 B in credit assistance over 2 yr
• Letters of Interest / applications accepted throughout the year
• Allows TIFIA participation for up to 49% of eligible project costs
• Master credit agreement for programs of projects, phased single projects
• Up to 10% set-aside for rural projects; for these projects, increased
eligibility and lower interest rates
• Revisions to toll authorities
• Mainstreams tolling/pricing of new capacity, including Interstate (but
generally requires current level of free capacity to remain unchanged)
• In most cases, removes requirement for USDOT/State toll agreements
• Extends toll pilots for value pricing and Interstate reconstruction
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Freight provisions
• National Freight Policy
• Establishment of National Freight Network, incl. Primary Freight Network,
remainder of Interstate System, and critical rural freight corridors
• National freight strategic plan
• Freight transportation conditions and performance reports
• Development of transportation investment data and planning tools
• State freight advisory committees & freight plans encouraged
• Prioritization of projects to improve freight movement
• Secretary may increase Federal share payable to 95% on the Interstate
System and 90% elsewhere when—
• USDOT certifies project improves efficiency of freight movement and
• Project is identified in a State freight plan
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Implementation is underway!
• MAP-21 summary and fact sheets available on web
• Guidance issued and posted on web for most programs
before October 1
• More guidance and rulemaking activity to come, with
related outreach
• Visit MAP-21 web site: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21
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