State Use of Advance Construction Explained for Transportation Construction Workers

In the transportation construction field, your jobs can be greatly affected by your state’s usage of advance construction. In the simplest terms, advance construction is the practice of approving large transportation construction projects without prior commitment of federal funding. States utilize non-federal funds to begin or accelerate projects, while maintaining eligibility to be reimbursed later by federal funding. AC has been a crucial component of highway legislation since 1956 but has gone through many updates over the years. AC usage across the states is quickly changing. One example is the scheduled 2020 expiration of the FAST Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, . Following a research brief published by the BATIC Institute and AASHTO about state-specific AC policies, DOT officials from North Carolina, Virginia and Delaware discussed their state’s practices in an informative BATIC Institute webinar on September 18.