American Society of Civil Engineers


Financing Civil Works with User Fees


by Chris Hendrickson, (Asst. Prof., Civ. Engrg. Dept., Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Civil Engineering—ASCE
, Vol. 53, No. 2, February 1983, pp. 70-72

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Document type: Feature Article
Abstract: User fees for civil works projects insure that the primary beneficiaries of facilities pay for them. These fees are a way of imposing financial discipline on capital projects. The author argues that greater reliance on user-fee financing could increase the overall level of investment in civil works.


ASCE Subject Headings:
Financing
Fees
Infrastructure