1. Report No.
FHWA-PL-09-010

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient's Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle
Public-Private Partnerships for Highway Infrastructure: Capitalizing on International Experience

5. Report Date
March 2009

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Author(s)
Janice Weingart Brown, Robert Pieplow, Roger Driskell, Stephen Gaj, Michael J. Garvin, Dusty Holcombe, Michael Saunders, Jeff Seiders, Jr., Art Smith

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address
American Trade Initiatives
P.O. Box 8228
Alexandria, VA 22306-8228

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-99-C-005

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
Office of International Programs
Office of Policy
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

15. Supplementary Notes
FHWA COTR: Hana Maier, Office of International Programs

16. Abstract

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.

17. Key Words

contract management, infrastructure, key perfor- mance indicator, performance measure, procurement, public-private partnership, value for money

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions. This document is available to the public from the:
Office of International Programs,
FHWA
-HPIP, Room 3325, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590
international@fhwa.dot.gov
www. international .fhwa.dot.gov

19. Security Classify, (of this report)
Unclassified

20. Security Classify, (of this page)
Unclassified

21. No. of Pages
88

22. Price
Free

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