Federal Highway Administration September 16, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice invites State and local governments and other public authorities to apply to participate in the Value Pricing Pilot (VPP) program and presents guidelines for program applications. This notice supersedes three previous notices about the VPP program under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2006 (71 FR 970), July 17, 2006 (71 FR 40578), and December 22, 2006 (71 FR 77084). A January 6, 2006, notice covering non-grant tolling programs, which was a companion to the original January 6, 2006, VPP program notice, remains in effect. That notice was entitled ``Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU); Opportunities for States and Other Qualifying Agencies to Gain Authority to Toll Facilities Constructed Using Federal Funds'' (71 FR 965). Today's new notice and the previous companion notice covering non-grant tolling programs are together intended to cover all of the opportunities for States and other qualifying transportation agencies to obtain approval to toll their respective facilities.