HIGHWAY NEEDS OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
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2. For tactical roads, including the repair of damage caused by tactical maneuvers, $25,000,000.
3. For the strategic network, including the replacement of substandard bridges and the correction of other critical deficiencies, not less than $100,000,000, to be apportioned among the States in accordance with the existing Federal-aid formula, and made available to pay costs of projects on a basis of Federal participation somewhat higher than the existing 50-percent limitation.
Photo by Vermont Department of Highways
Commercial and passenger vehicles and an Army convoy mutually impede each other on this winding mountain highway, U S Route 2in Vermont. The road is inadequate in almost every detail—width, shoulders, curvature, grade, and sight distance. The broken culvert guardrail in the foreground is evidence of the inadequate width.
4. For the making of engineering surveys and plans for development of the strategic network, including extensions into and municipalities, $12,000,000 to be apportioned among the States and matched by them on the existing Federal-aid basis.
