Inclusion of Public-Private Partnership Roadways in Calculating Total Lane Miles When Apportioning Highway Trust Funds

Section 104(b) of Title 23 of the U.S. Code requires the Secretary of Transportation to make an annual apportionment among the states of federal-aid highway funds authorized to be drawn from the Highway Trust Fund. The Highway Trust Fund is funded from federal highway user tax receipts and is the principal mechanism for funding federal highway programs. Based in part on specified formulas, and after making certain required set-asides, 23 U.S.C. 104(b) directs the Secretary to apportion the authorized sums for the following highway-related programs using formulas based on "total lane miles".