### Question
How does AID HIGHWAYS define life-cycle cost analysis?


### Answer
Under *23 U.S.C. § 106*, **life-cycle cost analysis** is defined as:

> a process for evaluating the total economic worth of a usable project segment by analyzing initial costs and discounted future costs, such as maintenance, user costs, reconstruction, rehabilitation, restoring, and resurfacing costs, over the life of the project segment

#### Citation:
  - *23 U.S.C. § 106*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS**

