Interstate System Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Pilot Program

Section 1216(b) of TEA-21 established this program allowing up to three existing Interstate facilities (highway, bridge, or tunnel) to be tolled to fund needed reconstruction or rehabilitation on Interstate highway corridors that could not otherwise be adequately maintained or functionally improved without the collection of tolls. Each of the three facilities must be in a different State. There is no special funding authorized for this program. By law, Interstate maintenance funds may not be used on a facility for which tolls are being collected under this program.

The FHWA Headquarters issued a December 24, 1998 memorandum to its division offices soliciting candidate projects from the States for this pilot. No candidates were submitted in response to that memorandum. The FHWA Headquarters subsequently issued an April 6, 1999 memorandum to its division offices advising them that the pilot program remained available to the States as an open-ended solicitation and candidates would be accepted on a first-come basis.

Two of the three available slots have been reserved under this pilot program:

1. Virginia, I-81 - Approval granted on March 28, 2003
   1. Virginia's March 20, 2003 Application to toll I-81
   2. May 6, 2003 FHWA Division Office response to VDOT tolling proposals
2. Missouri, I-70 - Approval granted on July 26, 2005
   1. Missouri's Application to toll I-70

• TEA-21, section 1216(b)
• February 10, 1999 Federal Register Notice, Implementation Guidance for the Interstate Highway Reconstruction/Rehabilitation Pilot Program
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Program Contact

Greg Wolf
Greg.Wolf@dot.gov
202-366-4655