GAO: Improved Guidance Could Enhance States’ Use of Life-Cycle Cost Analysis in Pavement Selection

Officials in 13 of 16 states indicated that LCCA helped ensure that the agency selected the pavement that was most cost-effective over the long term

June 13, 2013

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