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PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973

$50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, for the construction of highways connected to the Interstate System in portions of urbanized areas with high traffic density. The Secretary shall develop guidelines and standards for the designation of routes and the allocation of funds for this purpose which include the following criteria: "(1) Eoutes designated by the Secretary shall not be longer than ten miles. " (2) Routes designated shall serve areas of concentrated population and heavy traffic congestion. "(3) Routes designated shall serve the urgent needs of commercial, industrial, airport, or national defense installations. "(4) Any routes shall connect with existing routes on the Interstate System. "(5) Routes designated under this section shall have been approved through the planning process required under section 134 of this title and determined to be essential by responsible local officials. "(6) A route shall be designated under this section only where the Secretary determines that no feasible or practicable alternative mode of transportation which could meet the needs of the area to be served is now available or could become available in the foreseeable future. "(7) The designation of routes under this section shall comply with section 138 of this title, and no route shall be designated which substantially damages or infringes upon any residential area. "(8) Routes shall be designated by the Secretary on the recommendation of the State and responsible local officials. "(9) No more than one route in any one State shall be designated by the Secretary. "(10) Any route designated by the Secretary under this section must be on a Federal-aid system. " (b) The Federal share payable on account of any project authorized pursuant to this section shall not exceed 90 per centum of the cost of construction of such project." (b) The table of contents of chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

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Route designation and fund allocation, guidelines and standards.

76 Stat. 1148; 84 Stat. 1737. 23 USC 134.

82 Stat. 823. 23 USC 138.

"146. Special urban high density traffic program." PRIORITY PRIMARY ROUTES

SEC. 126. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 147. Priority primary routes " (a) High traffic sections of highways on the Federal-aid primary system which connect to the Interstate System shall be selected by each State highway department, in consultation with appropriate local officials, subject to approval by the Secretary, for priority of improvement to supplement the service provided by the Interstate System by furnishing needed adequate traffic collector and distributor facilities. For the purpose of this section such highways shall hereafter in this section be referred to as 'priority primary routes'. " (b) The Federal share of any project on a priority primary route shall be that provided in section 120(a) of this title. All provisions of this title applicable to the Federal-aid primary system shall be applicable to priority primary routes selected under this section except that one-half of such funds shall be apportioned among the States in accordance with section 104(b)(1) of this title, and one-half shall be

Ante, p. 262.

Federal share, 82 Stat. 835; 84 Stat. 1718. 23 USC 120. Ante, p. 256.

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