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RELEASE:

CONTACT:
IMMEDIATE

Tamara Neale 804-786-6458
Tamara.Neale@VDOT.Virginia.gov

CO-0546

Oct. 19, 2005



VDOT’S LATEST REPORT CARD SHOWS MORE CONTRACTS COMPLETED ON TIME
First quarterly report for FY06 released today

RICHMOND – The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) completed 86 percent of its construction contracts on time through the first quarter of fiscal year 2006 (July 1, 2005 – Sept. 30, 2005). That compares to 69 percent on-time performance through the first quarter of last fiscal year.

“The heart of VDOT’s performance is the sustained drive to bring construction and maintenance projects in on time and within budget,” said VDOT Acting Commissioner Gregory A. Whirley.

“Our latest report card shows that we are moving forward with improving performance in our most challenging area, which is delivering projects on time. VDOT’s performance depends on our relentless focus to meet the bottom line. We will continue to raise the bar on accountability to strive for better performance across all our core services.”

Budget performance held steady with 85 percent of construction contracts delivered within budget during the first quarter, compared to 87.5 percent through the first quarter of last fiscal year.

Report Card Results:

Deadlines:
Construction contracts completed on time
Through the 1st quarter of FY 2006 – 86 percent
Through the 1st quarter of FY 2005 – 69 percent

Maintenance contracts completed on time
Through the 1st quarter of FY 2006 – 79 percent
Through the 1st quarter of FY 2005 – 74 percent

Budgets:
Construction contracts completed within budget
Through the 1st quarter of FY 2006 – 85 percent
Through the 1st quarter of FY 2005 – 87.5 percent

Maintenance contracts completed within budget
Through the 1st quarter of FY 2006 – 84 percent
Through the 1st quarter of FY 2005 – 88.7 percent

VDOT has dramatically improved its on-time and on-budget performance in the last four years.

The agency completed 75 percent of its construction contracts on time and 78 percent within budget for fiscal year 2005, which ended July 1. That compared to 20 percent on-time and 51 percent within-budget performance in fiscal year 2001.

In a major effort to conduct business in the public eye, VDOT began releasing quarterly reports and launched its Project Dashboard in 2003. The Dashboard is an online system that provides the latest status on construction projects. It was expanded in 2005 to include the daily status of construction, engineering, maintenance and operations, safety, environmental compliance and finance.

Go to www.VirginiaDOT.org for:

Latest quarterly report

Dashboard
Direct link - http://dashboard.virginiadot.org/default.aspx



Information in VDOT news releases was accurate at the time the release was published. For the most current information about projects or programs, please visit the project or program Web pages. You may find those by searching by keyword in the search Virginia DOT box above.



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