Federal Highway Administration2016PDFBriefUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Policy & Governmental AffairsUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Policy & Governmental AffairsUnited StatesGround transportationFederal aid highwaysHighway maintenanceFinancingThe FAST Act converts the long-standing Surface Transportation Program into the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program acknowledging that this program has the most flexible eligibilities among all Federal-aid highway programs and aligning the program\u2019s name with how FHWA has historically administered it. [FAST Act \ua7 1109(a)]. The STBG promotes flexibility in State and local transportation decisions and provides flexible funding to best ad...