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XIV or toll financing provided the funds thus made available are used for further highway improvements. Moreover, States that elect to build further toll-road sections of the interstate system should be reimbursed for all costs other than financing, provided such funds are used for further highway improvement. Obviously, these funds would become available only after all other Federal funds had been matched as required by law.

9. It is recommended that traditional Federal aid to the States be continued in the amounts authorized by the Congress in 1954 with some adjustments in the amounts for urban areas, and Federal-domain roads, omitting the interstate system authorization since this system is provided for in sections 4 and 5 above.

10. In many States the modernization of highway-enabling laws is necessary, especially in connection with the acquisition of land for right-of-way, the control of access, and the closer integration of State, city, and county highway managements. States should be encouraged to revise existing statutes where needed to permit expeditious and economical completion of the program. Congress should provide for the use of the Federal right of eminent domain to acquire right-of-way for the interstate system where it is not feasible to obtain it through normal procedures under State law, and the State so requests.