| Show HISTORY OF THE STATE ROAD COMMISSION OF UTAH UT AU p I Iy 1909 1939 By fly y H. H V V. V RICHARDS Statistical Engineer from tout tut The 8 second da classification I ealion con consists of ot funds used to reimburse th the tho State toad road commission for construction con eon work performed under agreements w wit with I t h the Federal Works Agency through the Public Roads Administration This Thu second daul classification which Is the subject of this discussion Is also of ot two sorts sort Borts regular and special Federal all aid regular In the sense of the Initial establishment and historically lon long continuance of ot the principle of ot Federal aid aliI to the States on OD a designated system of f Federal aid highways within the State Slate highway system ant and special cial dat within the m meaning of ot transitory transitory transi transi- tory or emergency Federal aid or oraid oraid oraid aid for particular purpose all of comparatively recent derivation and not DOt confined necessarily to the Federal old aid highways or even to State highways but all an adminIstered administered adminis adminIs- toted through the highway departments depart ments meats of ot the States Slates Both Doth regular aid and special aids are alike 1 In that their aim and purpose Is la for highway Improvement never Defer for maintenance ant and payment to the thai States Is made as a reimbursement I I for work performed upon a predetermIned predetermined pre pro determined percentage of ot the costs Incurred upon predetermined Federal Fed eral ral approval of the location extent extent ex ex- I tent and character of ot the work to tobe tobe be done and finally upon subsequent subsequent I I quent Federal approval of the conformity of the work done to the approved plans plane and specifications I Federal payments need not await final completion ofa ofa of ot ota a project but may be made from time to time following the States State's monthly payments to its I tors tori Costs of rights of ot way are never neTer eligible for reimbursement nor are the States State's costs for surreys sur lur- reys eys and plans except for certain special aIds olds hereinafter described Regular Aid The first Federal law appropriating ing lag funds to the States for highway construction was waa the Federal aid Road Act of ot 1916 1918 A total of ot ITS ITS- was appropriated over a period of ot 11 five ve fiscal years and subsequently sub I I Increased to The rhe apportionment to each State was third one on basis of ot population tion third one on basis of ot area area and third one-third on basis of ot miles of roads with respect to the ratio of these separate factors in each State to all aU the States This method of apportionment ap of regular aid has con con- I tinned without change to the present pta pre pre pre-I t f sent lent time due allowance being made periodically for variations variation that may occur in the proportions of road mileage and population I See Sea Table D following for total ap appropriations appropriations ap- ap and consequent ap apportionments ap- ap to Utah Titan for each fiscal year to date Table A Includes In in- I eludes dudes the payments received by I Utah in each calendar year Projects Projects Pro Pro- were limited to roads on which the malls were wore carried and payments to fifty percent of ot cost I but not to exceed per mile ot of construction exclusive of ot bridges bridge I I over ever foot 20 span Projects in cities of over 2500 population could not be approved for participation in costs coats This original act did not provide for a correlated federal aid system of ot roads The limitation limitation limita limita- tion of ot participation to per mile was revised by the act of ot 1919 to per mile that is to toCO 50 CO percent of projects costing not notto notto notto to exceed per mile exclusive exclusive exclusive sive of bridges over foot 20 span Of or more aid aM to tn the tha W Bt era ern st ern-st States tes- tes were were wereth th- th the pr provisions ii lons of ot of the Federal Highway Act of ot 1921 which while retaining the per mile maximum increased the percentage of ot participation in the Public Domain States States barIng bar bar- Ing lag more than 5 6 percent of ot area in tn public land land- landby by one one- halt half of the proportion which such auch public land bore to the total area of ot the State Thus in Utah where the public domain equals approximately one half of the States State's area aren the ratio of federal participation was raised to about three fourths ot of cost within the per mile limit A further notable change In the act of 1921 was the establishment establish establish- ment meat of ot a Federal aid system of ot highways forming a connected system throughout the United States and upon which the Federal funds were to be expended This was known as the Seven Percent System as the mileage thereon In each State was limited to such luch percentage of ot the total ro roid rod d mileage In Utah all aU roads toads 1 were computed In 1921 as comprising ing miles and the Federal I roads therefore therefore- as a. 1684 miles Provision was made for successive sire live Increments to the limiting I mileage as the Federal roads road reached completion to the required standard I In 1922 the limiting total costs per mile on which Federal participation part parti would be computed were reduced to with the usual exclusion of bridges bridge and to thereafter but Increased to i 50 per mile with 8 some me reservations reserva reserva- in 1930 An act ot of 1925 provided pro pro- vided that In computing the percentage of ot costs applicable to 10 f public domain States untaxed Indian lands should be included with public domain area I IThe I IThe The act ot of May 1011 31 1 1928 provided that the system of ot Federal aid alt highways on which Federal lund funds may be expended could exceed sav le n percent of the total highway mileage b by the mileage of ot toads toad on said system within national foit-et foit Indian or other Federal re to There are approximately approximately re-I re miles of ot Federal highways highways high high- ways way in such uch reservations reservation In Utah Since this date the most extensive changes chanves In administration n of reg reg- ilar 1011 Federal aid were accomplished I I I I I I t f I I I I I I In the M Act ot of Juno June 18 18 1934 1034 which provided for 1 elimination of ot alt all maximum cost vet per mile mite restrictions of ot former form form- er or acts 2 U elimination of ot au all former restrictions upon Improvements Improve Improve- ments within municipalities Under the first amendment Utah's Utah maximum maxi mail mum prop proportion of Federal aid now 1940 1910 percent Is ts applicable applicable ap ape ap- ap regardless of project cost which sometimes exceeds per mile and under the second It became possible to proceed more expeditiously with the Improve ment meat of ot State Slate roads and bridges In IncI cI cities ties Since Sinco Its Inception appropriation of ot regular Federal aid to the States has been authorized in varying amounts for each fiscal year except ex cz as shown on Table 1 1 during the tile years 1934 and 1935 due to the large appropriations of ot special olds aids during those years Under the laws en en- of the Federal aid mileage mileage mile mile- age one percent Increments using the om total road mileage mileage mile mile- age as a basis were authorized successively in April 1935 and end andI November 1936 With the additional addi allowance of miles on account of ot extensions through Fed Fed- oral eral reservations the limiting mileage mileage mileage mile mile- age becomes of ot which miles have been designated See Table Q G. Special Aid The first Congressional enactment enact ment for special aid an amendment In 1930 to the Federal Highway Act provided for the use of special appropriations ap so- to Public Domain States on any main road through public lands Indian lands or other Federal reservations other than the National Forests Forest No contribution in project costs on the part of ot the State is necessary The ratio of ot apportionment to each such luch State is Its proportion of ot such luch lands to the total thereof in all aU the States eligible for participation under the amendment This appropriation has been been made for nearly every subsequent subsequent sub sub- sequent fiscal year usually In the amount of ot with Utah's share about Also In 1930 there was wal made an emergency appropriation of ot 80 50 distributed In accordance with the Federal Highway Act to tobe tobe tobe be used as a temporary advance in lieu of ot State funds In tn financing regular Federal aid projects project and andIn andin In order to enable the States to continue their construction programs programs programs pro pro- grams notwithstanding losses looses la In revenue due to the economic de do It was provided that repayment repayment re to- payment of this advance in the form of ot deduction from regular Federal aid ald should be made in five I equal Installments beginning In 1933 A similar advance was made In Inthe Inthe inthe the amount of ot in 1938 due to the continuance and severity severity sever sever- ity of ot the depression to be repaid in ten Installments beginning in 1938 but by the provisions of ot the Hayden Hayden-Cartwright Act of ot 1934 these repayment provisions were revoked as to both emergency appropriations ap ape ap- ap making them direct nn tn Sn tho th n nil no tn Sn a- a V. V the repayment t made d I In 1933 which hl h cost Utah as indicated In the table by the reduced apportionment ap so- for that year The National Recovery Act of ot 1933 In further aid to the States appropriated for highway high way construction These funds could be used up to percent of costs including preliminary en en- to each State was made seven eighths in accordance with the Federal Highway High way Act and one eight on en basis of ot population The apportionment to each State was to 10 be expended one one- half halt of the total on the Federal aid system roads outside of ot municipalities municipal municipal- flies not less than twenty twenty five percent percent per per- cent on extensions of ot these roads through municipalities and not more than twenty live percent on secondary or feeder roads on the State system Provision was made for use of ot a portion of these funds on landscaping or roadside Improvement Im provement projects and this has ha since become a standard require requIre- ment meat This law and the regulations Issued and also those in connection with subsequent emergency emergency em em- appropriations strictly regulated reg hours and wages with the design of ot providing a wide labor labo base and limited the use of ot machinery ma chinery on all projects constructed with such funds 4 I To n Be B. 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