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NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT,

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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman

L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina
JOHN E. MOSS, California
DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida

WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania
BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York
FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island
DON FUQUA, Florida

JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan

LEO J. RYAN, California
CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois
JOHN L. BURTON, California

RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina
MICHAEL HARRINGTON, Massachusetts
ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts
BARBARA JORDAN, Texas
GLENN ENGLISH, Oklahoma
ELLIOTT H. LEVITAS, Georgia

DAVID W. EVANS, Indiana

ANTHONY MOFFETT, Connecticut
ANDREW MAGUIRE, New Jersey

LES ASPIN, Wisconsin

HENRY A. WAXMAN, California

JACK HIGHTOWER, Texas

JOHN W. JENRETTE, JR., South Carolina FLOYD J. FITHIAN, Indiana

MICHAEL T. BLOUIN, Iowa

PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania

TED WEISS, New York

FRANK HORTON, New York
JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois
JOHN W. WYDLER, New York
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio

PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California
GARRY BROWN, Michigan
CHARLES THONE, Nebraska

ROBERT W. KASTEN, JR., Wisconsin
THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio
TOM CORCORAN, Illinois
DAN QUAYLE, Indiana

ROBERT S. WALKER, Pennsylvania
ARLAN STANGELAND, Minnesota
JOHN E. (JACK) CUNNINGHAM,
Washington

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CONTENTS

Caywood, James A., director, Northeast corridor improvement project,

De Leuw, Cather/Parsons & Associates; accompanied by Richard P.

Howell, deputy project director for engineering; Joseph Volpe, senior vice

president; Ralph M. Parsons Co.; and Charles Lutman, deputy project

director for management, De Leuw, Cather/Parsons & Associates.

Reistrup, Paul H., former president, National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion (Amtrak); accompanied by Robert Lawson, vice president and chief
engineer; and Kenneth Lyons, managing director, procurement.

Sawyer, Kenneth T., former project director, Federal Railroad Administra-

tion.

Sullivan, John M., Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration; ac-
companied by Louis S. Thompson, Director, Northeast corridor improve-
ment project; and David Gedney, Associate Director, Northeast corridor
improvement project, Office of Engineering

Letters, statements, et cetera, submitted for the record by-
Caywood, James A., director, Northeast corridor improvement project,
De Leuw, Cather/Parsons & Associates:

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Copies of letters to FRA regarding FRA/Amtrak contract and lack of
definition of DCP's role as the NECIP construction manager

Fiscal year 1977 Amtrak construction, table

80-123

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37

Material relative to the hearings

Number of subcontractors currently under contract by DCP

The evolution of the implementation master plan, table

Gedney, David, Associate Director, Northeast corridor improvement proj-
ect, Office of Engineering: Negotiation of Article XIV, Protection Against
Third Party Liability in Letter Contract DOT-FR-76048, De Leuw, Cath-
er/Parsons (DCP)

262-264

Hennessey, William C., commissioner, New York State Department of
Transportation: Prepared statement

351-353

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NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT

THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1978

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES AND
TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE

OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:04 a.m., in room 2247, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. John L. Burton (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives John L. Burton, David W. Evans, Andrew Maguire, Robert S. Walker, and Arlan Stangeland.

Also present: Benjamin L. Palumbo, staff director; Miles Q. Romney, counsel; George E. Gudauskas, professional staff member; Bruce R. Butterworth, professional staff member; Elizabeth L. Wasserman, clerk; Cecelia Morton, clerk; and Rachel Halterman, minority professional staff, Committee on Government Operations. Mr. BURTON. The Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation will come to order.

Today's hearing will look into the Northeast corridor improvement project.

Thank you for being here. We are here to examine reports that the Northeast corridor improvement project is on the verge of becoming another example of Government-raised expectations being sabotaged by Government mismanagement.

We have heard disturbing reports of confusion, duplication, endless delay, and still more study-all at multimillion dollar cost to the taxpayers. We have learned that a project conceived 15 years ago, analyzed in years past in great detail, passed into law in early 1976, and enjoying widespread public support, cannot meet its goal, its deadline, or its budget. This subcommittee, charged as it is with a mandate to assure that the Department of Transportation performs economically and efficiently, is here to find out why these problems exist.

As you know, the Department of Transportation is responsible for the Northeast corridor improvement project. The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, the so-called 4-R Act, set aside almost $2 billion to get the job done. A chief goal was a construction program designed to reduce the trip times between here and New York and New York and Boston by 1981.

Initial inquiries undertaken by this subcommittee to date raise serious questions about the possibility of these goals being achieved. In fact, we have found that the goal of rebuilding the corridor so the trip times can be met by 1981 has been virtually

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