As the team debated its recommendations and implementation actions during the final meeting k of the scanning study, an important question arose: "What's the end game here?" Put differently, what principal outcome should this scanning study and its implementation strategies facilitate? After discussion, the team agreed that the overarching outcome desired is the pervasive use of a project development process in which state and local highway agencies select an effective project delivery system from a range of options that includes PPPs. An effective project delivery system is defined as one that provides the greatest benefits to society and meets the objectives of government.
The recommendations and implementation actions that follow are geared toward this end.