Approximately 85 percent of the design-build projects that have been evaluated under SEP-14 are too small to meet the current definition of "qualified project."[381] Based on this experience, SAFETEA included a proposal to eliminate the $50 million threshold for design-build projects and to allow States to use design-build on smaller Federal-aid projects. Once again, increasing the opportunity for the design-build method to be used on highway infrastructure projects could increase the number of opportunities for the private-sector to participate in such projects.