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 101 STAT. 176

PUBLIC LAW 100-17—APR. 2, 1987

souri of a 2-lane north-south highway which is on the Federal-aid primary system in Arkansas and passes through an urbanized area. SEC. 141. TRANSFER OF INTERSTATE LANES. (a) ELIGIBILITY OF INTERSTATE LANE PROJECT.—Any prqiect to

Ante, pp. 142, 175. California.

construct eligible interstate lanes, as defined in subsection (D, shall be eligible for funds authorized under section 108(b) of the FederalAid Highway Act of 1956 and shall be included as an eligible project in any future interstate cost estimate unless the costs of such project are made not eligible for such funds by subsection (c). (b) APPROVAL OF SUBSTITUTE TRANSIT PROJECT.—Notwithstanding

any other provision of law, upon the joint request of the Governor of the State of California and the local governments concerned, the Secretary may approve a substitute transit project for construction of a fixed guideway system in lieu of construction of any eligible interstate lanes if such substitute project is in or adjacent to the proposed right-of-way for such lanes. (c) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon approval of any

Contracts.

substitute transit project under subsection (b), the costs of construction of the eligible interstate lanes for which such project is substituted shall not be eligible for funds authorized under section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 and a sum equal to the Federal share of such costs, as included in the latest interstate cost estimate approved by Congress, shall be available to the Secretary to incur obligations under section 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code, for the Federal share of the costs of such substitute project. (d) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY.—By September 30, 1989, any substitute transit project approved under subsection (b) (for which the Secretary finds that sufficient Federal funds are available) must be under contract for construction or construction must have commenced. If any such substitute transit project is not under contract for construction or construction has not commenced by such date, then immediately after such date, the Secretary shall withdraw approval of such project and no funds shall be appropriated under the authority of section 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code, for any such project. (e) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— (1) STATUS OF SUBSTITUTE PROJECT.—A substitute

transit project approved under subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a ^,. substitute transit project for purposes of section 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code (other than subparagraphs (C) and (O)). California.

California.

(2)

REDUCTION

OF UNOBLIGATED

INTERSTATE

APPORTION-

MENTS.—Unobligated apportionments for the Interstate System _. in the State of California shall, on the date of approval of a ' substitute transit project under subsection (b), be reduced in the proportion that the Federal share of the costs of the construction of the eligible interstate lanes for which such project is substituted bears to the Federal share of the total cost of all interstate routes in such State as reflected in the latest cost estimate approved by Congress. (3) ADMINISTRATION THROUGH FHWA.—The Secretary shall administer this section through the Federal Highway Administration. if) ELIGIBLE INTERSTATE LANES DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the term "eligible interstate lanes' means any high occupancy vehicle lanes and other lanes—

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