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General: Major Projects Report to Congress 2002

Report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
As requested by the House of Representatives Report 106-622
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2001

Annual Summary of Major Projects (Fiscal Year 2002)

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Prepared by the U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration Major Projects Team

Reports and Assessments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002

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Initial Financial Plans for the following projects were reviewed concurrently with the applicable Division Office, and concurrence for acceptance given to the Division Office:

  1. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (East Span), CA
  2. Central Texas Turnpike, Austin, TX
  3. Woodrow Wilson Bridge, MD/VA/DC
  4. Cooper River Bridges, Charleston, SC (TIFIA project less than $1.0 billion)

Financial Plan Annual Updates for the following projects were reviewed concurrently with the applicable Division Office, and concurrence for acceptance given to the Division Office:

  1. Southeast Corridor (TREX), Denver, CO
  2. New Haven Harbor Crossing, New Haven, CT
  3. Miami Intermodal Center, Miami, FL
  4. Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel, Boston, MA

Issued the FHWA Implementation Plan to all Division and Resource Center Offices, to begin implementation of the recommendations contained in the Report of the One-DOT Task Force on Oversight of Large Transportation Infrastructure Projects, and to enhance the oversight and management of Major Projects.

Issued the FHWA Major Project Manager Core Competencies and training materials and providers to all Division Offices, as recommended by the Report of the One-DOT Task Force on Oversight of Large Transportation Infrastructure Projects.

Issued the FHWA Interim Policy for Federally-funded Owner Controlled Insurance Programs (OCIP) to all Division and Resource Center Offices, as recommended by the Federal Task Force on the Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project.

Posted the first six (of proposed seven) Chapters of the Resource Manual for Oversight Managers on the FHWA Office of Program Administration's web site.

Issued semiannual FHWA Major Projects Newsletter to all Division Offices.

Initiated a Major Projects Team Assessment, to define customers, roles, and objectives of the Major Projects Team, and to ultimately develop a marketing strategy that will allow the Major Projects Team to best serve its customers.

Conducted first annual Major Project Oversight Managers Meeting, to discuss and share best practices concerning Financial and Project Management issues for Major Projects across the country.

Gave numerous presentations to State Transportation Agency and FHWA Division personnel on Major Project Financial and Project Management issues.

A listing of the status of all current active major projects is attached.

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