Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office published a study entitled Using Public Private Partnerships to Carry Out Highway Projects.  http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12647  The study addresses two issues:  1) can design-build and PPP models provide additional funding for highway projects? and 2) does design-build provide a faster and more cost effective model for delivering highway projects?  See Preface.    A post [...]