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PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970

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E L I M I N A T I O N OF S E G M E N T S OF I N T E R S T A T E SYSTEM N O T TO BE CONSTRUCTED

SEC. 124. Section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (g) The Secretary, on July 1, 1973, shall remove from designation as a part of the Interstate System every segment of such System for which a State has not established a schedule for the expenditure of funds for completion of construction of such segment within the period of availability of funds authorized to be appropriated for completion of the Interstate System, and with respect to which the State has not provided the Secretary with assurances satisfactory to him that such schedule will be met. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed to prohibit the substitution prior to July 1, 1973, of alternative segments of the Interstate System which will meet the requirements of this title. Any segment of the Interstate System with respect to which a State has not submitted plans, specifications, and estimates for approval by the Secretary by July 1, 1975, shall be removed from designation as a part of the Interstate System. No segment of the Interstate System removed under authority of the preceding sentence shall thereafter be designated as a part of the Interstate System."

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U R B A N AREA T R A F F I C OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

SEC. 125. Subsection (b) of section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking o u t ", if such project" and all that follows down through and including the period at the end of such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof a period and the following: "If such project is located in an urban area of more than fifty thousand population, such project shall be based on a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process carried on in accordance with section 134 of this title."

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AUTHORITY FOR DEMONSTRATION P R O J E C T S

SEC. 126. Subsection (c)(3) of section 307 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "including demonstration projects in connection wath such purposes."

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ECONOMIC GROWTH C E N T E R DEVELOPMENT H I G H W A Y S

SEC. 127. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended by adding after section 142 thereof a new section as ^"^^'P- I719. follows: "§ 143. Economic growth center development highways " (a) In order to demonstrate the role that highways can play to ^o e'^°r^"^^*'°" promote the desirable development of the Nation's natural resources, to revitalize and diversify the economy of rural areas and smaller communities, to enhance and disperse industrial growth, to encourage more balanced population patterns, to check, and, where possible, to reverse current migratory trends from rural areas and smaller communities, and to improve living conditions and the quality of the environment, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to States for demonstration projects for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of development highways on the Federal-aid primary system to serve and promote the development of economic growth centers and surrounding areas, encourage the location of business and industry in rural areas, facilitate the mobility of labor in sparsely populated areas, and provide rural citizens with improved highways

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