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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) established a pilot program that will allow state and local governments to use local geographic hiring preferences on their federal-aid highway and federal transit assisted contracts. The pilot program is effective immediately and will last one year. DOT also issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to make these changes permanent by altering existing Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regulations. Read the pilot program proposal here and the Notice of Proposed Rule Making here.
FHWA and FTA regulations have traditionally prohibited the use of local hire preferences because of their impact on competition; however, there have been efforts by some in Congress to allow their use. A provision in last year’s transportation appropriations legislation allowed transit agencies to use local hiring requirements on FTA-funded projects for FY 2015.
AGC urges members and chapters to submit comments on this proposal. The comment period is very short, ending on April 6, 2015. While AGC has requested that the time be extended there is no assurance that this will happen.
You can submit either submit comments directly to DOT or through AGC’s Action Center.
For more information, please contact Brian Deery at deeryb@agc.org or (703) 837-5319. Return to Top