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PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973

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may be transferred from the apportionment under one section to the apportionment under any other of such sections if such a transfer is requested by the State highway department and is approved by the Secretary as being in the public interest. The Secretary may approve such transfer only if he has received satisfactory assurances from the State highway department that the purposes of the program from which such funds are to be transferred have been met." CURB R A M P S FOR THE H A N D I C A P P E D

SEC. 228. Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section 402 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " (F) provide adequate and reasonable access for the safe and convenient movement of physically handicapped persons, including those in wheelchairs, across curbs constructed or replaced on or after July 1, 1976, at all pedestrian crosswalks throughout the State."

sostat. 731.

H I G H W A Y SAFETY STANDARDS

SEC. 229. Subsection (h) of section 402 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (h) Each uniform safety standard promulgated under this section on or before July 1, 1973, shall continue in effect unless otherwise specifically provided by law enacted after the date of enactment of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1973. The Secretary shall not promulgate any other uniform safety standard under this section (including by revision of a standard continued in effect by the preceding sentence) unless otherwise specifically provided by law enacted after the date of enactment of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1973."

84 Stat. 1740.

FEDERAL-AID SAFER ROADS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

SEC. 230. (a) Chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 405. Federal-aid safer roads demonstration program " (a) The Federal-aid safer roads demonstration program shall consist of all public roads or segments thereof not on a Federal-aid system needing improvements to correct safety hazards selected or designated by each State subject to the approval of the Secretary. " (b) Not later than June 30, 1974, each State shall identify projects for the Federal-aid safer roads demonstration program for all public roads in such State not on the Federal-aid system, including projects to improve highway marking and signing, to eliminate roadside obstacles, to eliminate hazards at railroad-highway grade crossings, and to correct high-hazard locations, identified by accident reporting, traffic records and hazards analysis systems established in accordance with standards promulgated under subsection (a) of section 402 of this title. Each State shall assign priorities for and undertake the systematic correction of identified hazards, to provide for the most effective improvement in highway safety. "(c) There is authorized to be appropriated for the Federal-aid safer roads demonstration program for projects on public roads not on the Federal-aid system for the removal of roadside obstacles, the elimination of hazards at railroad-highway grade crossings, and the proper marking and signing of highways in accordance with subsec-

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