87 STAT. ]
PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973
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"(c) Funds authorized by this section shall be available solely for ^j^""'^^' '•'^*"*=' expenditure for projects on any Federal-aid system (other than the Interstate System) except in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. " (d) Funds made available in accordance with subsection (b) shall be apportioned to the States in the same manner as is provided in section 492(c) of this title, and the Federal share payable on account of ^°®^ P- 290. any such project shall be 90 per centum of the cost thereof. "(e) Each State shall report to the Secretary of Transportation not Report to later than September 30, 1974, and not later than September 30 of each T^ans*porta/ion. year thereafter, on the progress being made to implement projects for high-hazard locations and the effectiveness of such improvements. Each State report shall contain an assessment of the cost of, and safety benefits derived from, the various means and methods used to mitigate or eliminate hazards and the previous and subsequent accident experience at these locations. The Secretary of Transportation shall submit Report to a report to the Congress not later than January 1, 1975, and not later °"^'^^^^than January 1 of each year thereafter, on the progress being made by the States in implementing projects for improvements at high-hazard locations. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of projects undertaken, their distribution by cost range, road system, means and methods used, and the previous and subsequent accident experience at improved locations. I n addition, the Secretary's report shall analyze and evaluate each State program, identify any State found not to be in compliance with the schedule of improvements required by subsection (a) and include recommendations for future implementation of the spot improvements program." (b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "152. Projects for high-hazard locations.". PROGRAM FOR THE E L I M I N A T I O N OF ROADSIDE OBSTACLES
SEC. 210. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended ^"'^' P- 2^^by adding at the end thereof the following new section:
- ^§ 153. Program for the elimination of roadside obstacles
" (a) Each State shall conduct and systematically maintain an Engineering engineering survey of all highways to identify roadside obstacles ^"'•^^* which may constitute a hazard to vehicles and to pedestrians, assign priorities for the correction of such obstacles and establish and implement a schedule of projects for their elimination. Such a schedule shall provide for the replacement, to the extent necessary, of existing sign and light supports which are not designed to yield or break away upon impact. Yielding or breakaway sign and light supports shall be used, where appropriate, on all new construction or reconstruction of highways. " (b) For projects to correct roadside hazards by the Federal High- Appropriation. way Administration, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $25,000,000, and for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976, the sum of $75,000,000. Such sums shall be available for obligation in the same manner and to the siame extent as if such funds were apportioned under this chapter. "(c) Funds authorized by this section shall be available solely for Funds, restricexpenditure for projects on any Federal-aid system (other than the tion. Interstate System) except in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
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