DEFENSE ACCESS ROAD (DAR) PROGRAM

• Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC)

Darryl Hampton, P.E.Senior Engineer for Access Roads(618) 220-5578Darryl.d.hampton2.civ@mail.mil

DAR PROGRAM

WHAT THE DAR PROGRAM IS NOT?

•Not a funded program

•Not a source of funding

WHAT THE DAR PROGRAM IS?

•A process for validating a public highway requirement meets defense needs using quantifiable criteria that allows a Military Department to justify defense funding

•A way for DoD to fix immediate off-base transportation requirements based on mission requirements

PURPOSE

The DAR Program DAR Program

provides DoD the means to pay its share for public highway

improvements resulting from sudden or unusual defense-

generated impacts

BACKGROUND and AUTHORITY

AuthorityAuthority• 23 USC 21023 USC 210 – SECDOT auth to spend defense funds

on public highways certified important to national defense

• DAR Program is 70+ years old

• SDDC, in cooperation with FHWA, manage program for all DoD

• DAR Program only provides maintenance of roadways for the Air Force Minuteman Program to assure safe operation managing the missile program

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• New connectionsNew connections to military installations

• Low-type roadsLow-type roads with heavy/oversize requirements

• Defense doublingdoubling of traffic

• Replacement roads Replacement roads for those closed due to military necessity

FUNDING

• NoNo Pot of Money• Services program and budget

defense funds for DAR projects

• Typically Military Construction funds (5-year money)

• Annual Authorizations and Appropriations

• Transferred through Treasury to FHWA

DAR PROCESS

EvaluationProcessBy FHWA

and SDDC

EvaluationProcessBy FHWA

and SDDC

CertificationProcess

CertificationProcess

FundingBudget Process

FundingBudget Process

Design andConstruction

Typically by State/local highway authorities using military funds

Design andConstruction

Typically by State/local highway authorities using military funds

Maintenanceby State/local highway

authorities using local funds

Maintenanceby State/local highway

authorities using local funds

DEFENSE ACCESS ROAD (DAR) PROGRAM

Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC)

Transportation Engineering Agency