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 PUBLIC LAW 95-599—NOV. 6, 1978

92 STAT. 2713

System for the construction of approaches and interchanges connecting route 1-88 to route 1-90 if all lanes on 1-90 between exits 25 and 26 are free of tolls and connecting route 1-87 to route 1-90 if all lanes on 1-90 between exits 24 and 26 are free of tolls, in New York State although such projects have no use other than as approaches to route 1-90, if such projects are otherwise eligible for such approval, (b) The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to approve as a project on the Interstate System the construction of an additional lane in each direction on route 1-90 connecting route 1-88 to such route 1-90 between exits 25 and 26 on condition that all lanes on 1-90 between exits 24 and 26 are free of tolls. METRIC SYSTEM SIGNING

SEC. 144. (a) No Federal funds may be expended to construct, erect, 23 USC 109 note, or otherwise place any sign relating to any speed limit, any distance, or other measurement, on any highway if such sign establishes such speed limit, distance, or other measurement solely using the metric system, unless Congress after the date of enactment of this Act specifically authorizes such expenditure. (b) No Federal funds may be expended to modify any sign relating to any speed limit, any distance, or any other measurement on any highway for the conversion of such sign solely to the metric system unless Congress, after the date of the enactment of this Act specifically authorizes such expenditure. (c) For purposes of subsections (a) and (b)— Definitions. (1) the term "highway" means a highway as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) the term "metric system" means metric system of measurement as defined in section 4 of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C.205C). THE MAINE TURNPIKE

SEC. 145. (a) Upon satisfaction by the State of Maine or the Maine Turnpike Authority of the following conditions and subject to the requirements of subsection (b), the State of Maine and the Maine Turnpike Authority shall be free of all restrictions with respect to the imposition and collection of tolls or other charges on the Maine Turnpike or for the use thereof contained in title 23, United States Code, or in any regulation or agreement thereunder: (1) repayment by the State of Maine or the Maine Turnpike Repayment. Authority to the Treasurer of the United States of the sum of $3,055,000 which is the amount of Federal-aid highway funds received for the construction of interchanges or connections with the Maine Turnpike at West Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, and at York, York County, Maine; and (2) destruction and removal of any existing toll plaza and toll collection facility within three years after repayment of bonds outstanding with respect to the Maine Turnpike on Interstate 295 at a location known as Exit 6A to the Maine Turnpike. The amount to be repaid shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for "Federal-Aid Highway (Trust Fund)". Such repayment shall be credited to the unprogrammed balance of the Federalaid highway funds of the same class last apportioned to the State

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