Public-Private Partnerships for Highway Infrastructure: Capitalizing on International Experience
Public-private partnership (PPP) programs for highway infrastructure are not widely used in the United States. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study to collect information about PPP programs for highway infrastructure in Australia, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom, where PPP experience is more extensive. The scan team learned that PPPs are an effective strategy for delivering highway projects, and they are service arrangements as much as financial ones. The team observed that potential PPP projects must be analyzed and structured thoughtfully to preserve public interests and that managing the partnership over the life of the contract is critical to providing the services expected. Team recommendations for U.S. implementation include convening workshops, developing training guidelines, establishing an expert task group, developing a research strategy, and publishing principles and guideline documents on PPP topics.
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Corporate Authors:
American Trade Initiatives
P.O. Box 8228
Alexandria, VA United States 22306-8228Federal Highway Administration
Office of International Programs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001 -
Authors:
- Brown, Janice W
- Pieplow, Robert
- Driskell, Roger L
- Gaj, Stephen J
- Garvin, Michael J
- Holbombe, Dusty L
- Saunders, Michael T
- Seiders Jr, J Jeffrey
- Smith, Arthur L
- Publication Date: 2009-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; Tables;
- Pagination: 92p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Contract administration; Procurement; Public private partnerships; Road construction; Study tours
- Uncontrolled Terms: Highway projects
- Geographic Terms: Australia; Portugal; Spain; United Kingdom
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Finance; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01128978
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PL-09-010
- Contract Numbers: DTFH61-99-C-005
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: May 19 2009 4:24PM