Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/756

 96 STAT. 2118

23 USC 101 note.

PUBLIC LAW 97-424—JAN. 6, 1983

ciated interchange ramps, high occupancy vehicle lanes, and other associated work eligible under title 23, United States Code, shall be eligible for funds authorized by this subsection as if the costs for these projects were included in the 1981 interstate cost estimate and shall be included as eligible projects in any future interstate cost estimate.". (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 108(b) of the FederalAid Highway Act of 1956, as amended, the Secretary of Transportation may approve the expenditure of funds authorized under such section for the construction of a previously approved project which provides for improvements to and reconstruction of ramps and service roads which are being developed as part of a roadway system to relieve a severely congested segment on an Interstate route. Such expenditures shall be limited (1) to work necessary to provide more effective and safe operation of such Interstate route, and (2) to a section of an Interstate route which proceeded to construction contract prior to the date of enactment of such Act and which Interstate route, together with service roads, was constructed without the expenditure of any funds authorized by such section. PROJECT ELIGIBILITY

23 USC 101 note.

SEC. 128. In any case where a project involving a Federal-aid primary route not on the Interstate System, and a route on the Interstate System which was originally constructed without the expenditure of any funds authorized under section 108(b) of the 23 USC 101 note. Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, as amended, and was subsequently added to the Interstate System, both occupying a common alignment and having elements which have been approved in concept by the Secretary of Transportation as part of a project providing for the upgrading of an interchange on such Interstate route, the cost of improvements in the vicinity of the interchange necessary to upgrade the safety of that part of such Federal-aid primary route not on a common alignment with such Interstate route in an environmentally acceptable manner shall be eligible for the expenditure of funds authorized by such section 108(b). ACCELERATION OF PROJECTS

23 USC 105 note.

SEC. 129. The Secretary of Transportation shall by rule or regulation establish, as soon as practicable, alternative methods for processing projects under title 23, United States Code, so as to reduce the time required from the request for project approval through the completion of construction. In carrying out this section the Secretary shall utilize the knowledge and experience resulting from the demonstration project authorized by and carried out under section 23 USC 124 note. 141 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976. FOUR-LANE BRIDGES

23 USC 144 note.

SEC. 130. Whenever any law of the United States, enacted after January 1, 1970, and before the date of enactment of this Act, authorizes payment, in financing the relocation of an existing road, for the cost of construction of a two-lane bridge with a substructure and deck truss capable of supporting a four-lane bridge, payment for the cost of completing the construction of such bridge as a four-lane

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