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 84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970

the Interstate System under this subsection shall not he charged against the limitations established by the first sentence of section 103(d) of this title. The designation of a highway as a future part of the Interstate System under this subsection shall create no Federal financial responsibility with respect to such highway except that Federal-aid highway funds otherwise available to the State or States involved for the construction of Federal-aid primary system highways may be used for the reconstruction of a highway designated as a route on the Interstate System under this subsection. I n the event that the State or States involved haA'e not substantially completed the construction of any highway designated under this subsection within the time provided for in the agreement between the Secretary and State or States involved, the Secretary shall remove the designation of such highAvay as a future part of the Interstate System. Removal of such designation as result of failure to comply M'ith the agreement provided for in this subsection shall in no way prohibit the Secretary from designating such route as part of the Interstate System pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or under any other provision of law providing for addition to the Interstate System. No law, rule, regulation, map, document, or other record of the United States, or of any State or political subdivision thereof, shall refer to any highway under this section, nor shall any such hig'hway be signed or marked, as a highway on the Interstate System until such time as such highway is constructed to the geometric and construction standards for the Interstate System and has been designated as a part of the Interstate System."

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DEFINITIONS

SEC. 141. Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) The definition of the term "forest highway'' is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and which is on a Federal-aid system." (2) The definition of the term "public lands highways" is amended by striking out "means" and inserting in lieu thereof "means those" and by striking out the period at the end of such definition and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "which are on the Federal-aid systems."

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COST REDUCTION

SEC. 142. Section 106 of title 23, United States Code, is amended yjl^'%l^^ by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: Ante^p. 171*7. " (d) In such cases as the Secretary determines advisable, plans, specifications, and estimates for proposed projects on any Federal-aid system shall be accompanied by a value engineering or other cost reduction analysis." URBAN

TRANSPORTATION

PLANNING

SEC. 143. (a) Section 134 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting " (a) " at the beginning of the first paragraph thereof and by adding at the end thereof the following: "No highway project may be constructed in any urban area of fifty thousand population or more unless the responsible public officials of such urban area in which the project is located have been consulted and their views considered with respect to the corridor, the location and the design of the project."

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