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PUBLIC LAW 91-^05-DEC. 31, 1970

use of such highway as part of the Interstate System and to facilitate the removal of tolls therefrom. Federal participation in such reconstruction and improvement shall be on the same basis and in the same manner as in the construction of free Interstate System highways under this chapter. No Federal participation shall be permitted pursuant to this subsection except on two lane toll roads which were designated as a part of the Interstate System on or before June 30, 1968. Before Federal participation under this subsection, the State highway department and the toll road authority involved shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary which shall provide that— "(1) no indebtedness which is to be liquidated by the collection of tolls (in addition to indebtedness in existence on date of enactment in this subsection) shall be incurred after the date of enactment of this subsection; "(2) all tolls received from the operation of the toll road, less the actual cost of such operation and maintenance, shall be applied to the repayment of only those bonds outstanding on the date of enactment of this subsection constituting a valid lien against such toll road and its maintenance and operation and debt service during the period of toll collection; " (3) the toll road shall become free to the public upon collection of tolls sufficient to liquidate all such bonds." F R I N G E A N D CXDRRIDOR P A R K I N G

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Exception.

FACILITIES

SBO. 134. (a) Section 137 of title 23, United States Code, is amended «° ^'^'- ^^sto read as follows: "§ 137. Fringe and corridor parking facilities "(a) The Secretary may approve as a project on the Federal-aid urban system the acquisition of land adjacent to the right-of-way 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 fifty thousand population or more. Such parking facility shall be located and designed in conjunction with existing or planned public transportation facilities. In 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). "(b) The Secretary shall not approve any project under this sec- diuons"^^^'''°" tion until— "(1) he has determined that the State, or the political subdivision thereof, where such project is to be located, or any agency or instrumentality of such State or political subdivision, has the authority and capability of constructing, maintaining, and operating the facility; "(2) he has entered into an agreement governinq- the financing, maintenance, and operation of the parking facility with such State, political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, including necessary requirements to insure that adequate public transporta^ tion services will be available to persons using such facility; and "(3) he has approved design standards for constructing such facility developed in cooperation with the State highway department. "(c) The term 'parking facilities' for purposes of this section shall facim-es"" include access roads, buildings, structures, equipment, improvements, and interests in lands.

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