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PUBLIC LAW 90-495-AUG. 23, 1968

[82 STAT.

of the resources upon which communities within or adjacent to the national forest and other areas administered by the Forest Service are dependent." FOREST DEVELOPMENT ROADS A N D TRAILS

72 Stat. 907.

^^^ 9 Subsection (c) of section 205 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(c) Construction estimated to cost $15,000 or more per mile or $15,000 or more per project for projects with a length of less than one mile, exclusive of bridges and engineering, shall be advertised and let to contract. If such estimated cost is less than $15,000 per mile or $15,000 per project for projects with a length of less than one mile or if, after proper advertising, no acceptable bid is received or the bids are deemed excessive, the work may be done by the Secretary of Agriculture on his own account." U R B A N AREA T R A F F I C OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT

PROGRAMS

p23 USC 101-141; gj,(. 10. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 826, 836! ' adding immediately after section 134 the following new section 135: "§ 135. Urban area traffic operations improvement programs " (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares it to be in the national interest that each State should have a continuing program within the designated boundaries of urban areas of the State designed to reduce traffic congestion and to facilitate the flow of traffic in the urban areas. " (b) The Secretary may approve under this section any project on an extension of the Federal-aid primary or secondary system in urban areas for improvements which directly facilitate and control traffic flow, such as grade separation of intersections, widening of lanes, channelization of traffic, traffic control systems, and loading and unloading ramps, if such project is based on a continuing comprehensive transportation plannnig process carried on in accordance with section 134 of this title. "(c) The sums authorized to carry out this section shall be appor77 Stat. 276. tioned in accordance with section 104(b)(3) of this title. ^*p°'*" (d) The Secretary shall report annually on projects approved under this section with any recommendations he may have for further improvement of traffic operations in accordance with this section." (b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is hereby amended by adding thereto, immediately after the catchline for section 134, the following: "135. Urban area traffic operations improvement programs." FRINGE PARKING

FACILITIES

SEC. 11. (a) The Secretary may, until June 30, 1971, approve as a project under title 23, United States Code, for demonstration purposes, the acquisition of land adjacent to the right-of-way on any Federal-aid highway system outside a central business district, as defined by the Secretary, and the construction of publicly owned parking facilities thereon or within such right-of-way, including the use of the air space above and below the established grade line of the highway pavement, to serve an urban area of more than fifty thousand population. Such parking facility shall be located and designed to permit its use in conjunction with existing or planned public transportation facilities. I n the event fees are charged for the use of any such facility, the rate thereof shall not be in excess of that required for maintenance and operation (including compensation to any person for operating such facility.

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