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Rescinding Preliminary Engineering Project 10-Year Repayment Provision
The Federal Highway Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on May 30, 2025. It took effect on May 30, 2025.
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What the agency says
This final rule rescinds a portion of the regulations issued on May 10, 2001, Federal-Aid Project Agreement, which required that State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) repay FHWA Federal funds provided for preliminary engineering for a project if right-of-way acquisition for, or actual construction of, the road for which this preliminary engineering is undertaken is not started in ten years.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-09736
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Highway Administration
- Published
- May 30, 2025
- Takes effect
- May 30, 2025
- Dates
- This final rule is effective May 30, 2025.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2125-AG25
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 23 CFR 630
- Topics
- Government contracts; Grant programs-transportation; Highways and roads
- Pages
- 3
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