| Show HISTORY OF THE STATE ROAD commission OF UTAH 1909 1939 by H V RICHARDS statistical engineer continued from lost last week the second classification consists of ct funds used to reimburse the state road commission lor for construction st work performed under agreements with the federal works agency through the public roads administration this second classification which is the subject ot of this discussion Is also or 0 two I 1 sorts borts regular and special federal aid regular in the sense ot of the initial establishment and historically long continuance ot of the principle ot of federal aid to the mates on a designated system ot of federal aid highways within the state highway system and special within the meaning of 0 tory atory or emergency federal aid or aid tor for particular purpose all ot of comparatively recent derivation and not con confined fined necessarily to the I 1 i federal aid highways or even to state highways but all adminta ad administered mints through the highway departments ot of the states both regular aid and special aids are alike in that their aim and purpose Is tor for highway improvement never tor for maintenance and payment daymen t to the states Is made as a reimbursement tor for work performed upon a predetermined percentage ot of the costs incurred upon predetermined federal approval of 0 the location extent and character ot of the work to be done and finally upon suase quent bent federal approval ot of the conformity ot of the work done to the tha approved plans and specifications federal payments need not awalt await final completion of a project but may be made from tine time to time following the states monthly payments to its contractors arel 1 costs ot of rights ot of way are never eligible tor for reimbursement I 1 1 nor are the states costs tor for surreys iveys and plans except for or certain special aids hereinafter described regular aid the first federal law appropriating I 1 funds to the states tor for highway construction was the federal aid road act ot of 1916 A total ot of was appropriated over a I 1 period ot of five fiscal years and subsequently increased to 27 the apportionment to each state was one third on basis ot of population one third on basis ot of area and one third on basis ot of miles ot of roads with respect to the ratio ot of these separate parate te factors in each state to tu all the states this method ot of ap 1 ot of regular aid has continued 1 1 without change to the present time due allowance being made periodically tor for variations that may occur in the proportions ot of road mileage and population see bee table D following tor for total appropriations and consequent apportionments portion ments to utah for each fiscal year to date table A includes the payments received by utah in each calendar year projects i were limited to roads on which the mails were carried and I 1 payments to f fifty percent of costi cost but not to exceed per mile ot of construction exclusive ot of bridges I 1 I 1 over 20 00 foot span projects in cities ot i over 2500 population could not be approved tor for participation la in costs this original act did not provide tor for a correlated federal aid system ot of roads the limitation ot of participation to per nille was revised by the act ot of 1919 to per mile that is to EO 60 percent ot of projects costing not to exceed per mile exclusive ot of bridges over 20 foot span I 1 ot of nore more important aid to the west era states were the provisions ot of the federal highway act ot of 1921 which while retaining the per mile maximum increased the percentage ot of participation in the public domain states states having more than 5 percent ot of area in public landby one halt ot of the proportion which such public land bore to the total area 0 ot f the state thus in utah where the public domain equals I 1 one halt half ot of the states area the ratio ot of federal participation iwas i was raised to about three fourths ot of cost within the per mile limit A further notable change in the act of 0 1921 was the establishment of 0 a federal aid system ot 0 highways forming a connected system throughout the united states slates and upon which the federal funds were to be expended this was as known as the seven percent system as the maximum mileage thereon in each state was limited to such euch percentage ot of the total road mileage in utah all roads roada were computed in 1921 as comprising miles and the federal roads therefore as 1681 miles mile a provision was made tor for successive increments to the limiting mileage as aa tho the federal roads roada reached completion to the required standard in 1922 the limiting total costs per mile alle on which federal participation ci would be computed were reduced to with the usual exclusion ot of bridges and to thereafter but increased to per mile with some reservations in 1930 an act ot of 1925 provided that la in computing the percentage of 0 costs applicable to public domain states untaxed indian lands should be included with public domain area the act ot of may 21 1928 provided that the system ot of federal aid highways on which federal funds may inay bo be expended could exceed seven percent ot of the total highway mileage by the mileage ot of roads on oil said system within national forest indian or other fed federal ral reservations ser rations ions there are approximately miles ot of federal highways in such reservations in utah since this date the most extensive changes in administration ot of reg liar flar federal aid were accomplished in the tha hayden cartwright act of 0 june 18 1334 1934 which aich provided for 1 elimination of all maximum cost per mile restrictions of 0 torm form or cr acts 2 elimination ot of all former ormer restrictions upon improvements within municipalities under the first amendment maximum proportion ot of federal aid now 1910 1940 percent Is applicable regardless ot of project cost which sometimes exceeds per mile and under the second it became possible to proceed more expedit expeditiously bously with tho the improvement of 0 state roads and bridges in cities since its inception appropriation ot of regular federal aid to the states has been authorized in varying amounts tor for each fiscal year except as shown on table D during the years 1934 and 1935 due to the large appropriations ot of special aids during those years under the laws permit permuting ing en larg ment ot of the federal aid mileage one percent increments using the official total road mileage as a basis were authorized successively in april 1935 and november 1936 with the additional allowance of miles on account of 0 extensions through federal reservations the limiting mileage becomes ot of which miles have been designated see table G special aid the first congressional enactment tor for special aid an amendment in 1930 to the federal highway act provided for or the use of 0 special appropriations to public domain states on any main road through public lands indian lands or other federal reservations other than the tha national forests no contribution la in project costs on the part ot of the state is necessary the ratio ot of apportionment to each such state Is its proportion ot of such lands to the total thereof in all the states eligible tor for participation under the tha amendment this appropriation has been made tor for nearly every subsequent fiscal year usually in the amount of with share about also in 1930 there was made an emergency appropriation ot of distributed in accordance with the federal highway act to be used as a temporary advance in lieu ot of state funds in financing regular federal aid projects and in order to enable the states to continue their construction programs notwithstanding losses in revenue due to the economic depression it was provided that repayment ot of this advance in the form of deduction irom from regular federal aid should be made in five equal installments beginning la in 1933 A similar advance was made in the amount ot of in 1933 due to the continuance and severity of 0 the depression to be repaid in ten installments begin beginning nin g ta in 1938 but by the provisions of 0 the hayden cartwright act ot of 1934 these repayment provisions were revoked as to both emergency appropriations making them direct grants to the states except as to td the repayment made in 1933 which cost utah IS as indicated in the table by the reduced apportionment portion ment tor for that year the national recovery act ot of 1933 in further aid to the states appropriated tor for highway construction these funds could be used up to percent of 0 costs including preliminary engineering gi gl apportionment to each state was made seven eighths in accordance with the federal highway act and one eight on basis of population the apportionment to each state was to be expended expend edone one half of 0 the total on the federal aid system roads outside of municipalities not less than twenty five percent on extensions of these r roads oads through municipalities and not more than twenty five percent on secondary or feeder roads on the state system provision nas a as made tor for use of a portion ot of these funds on landscaping or roadside improvement pro projects and this has since become a standard requirement this law and the regulations issued and also those choso in connection with subsequent emergency I 1 appropriations strictly regulated hours and wages with the design ot of a wide via e labor base and limited the use of machinery on all projects constructed with such euch funds 1 to bo be continued Con linued |
