PUBLIC LAW 105-178—JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 199 (B) AUTHORIZATION.— There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $15,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998. Such sums shall remain available until expended. (3) WiLLIAMSVILLE TOLL BARRIER.— (A) PROJECT. —The Secretary is authorized to carry out a project to relocate a toll barrier complex to relieve traffic congestion in the Buffalo, New York, area. (B) AUTHORIZATION. — There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $20,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998. Such sums shall remain available until expended. (x) ST. GEORGES, DELAWARE. — The Secretary of the Army shall transfer all right, title, and interest of the United States in the highway bridge on United States Route 13 in the vicinity of St. Georges, Delaware, to the State of Delaware if the transfer is necessary to facilitate retransfer to a private entity for the purpose of demonstrating the effectiveness and efficiency of the use of largescale composites technology for bridge rehabilitation. In evaluating the level of service for all Federal crossings over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in Delaware, the total vehicle trips per day on this transferred bridge shall be attributed to the remaining Federal crossing at St. Georges, Delaware (the SRI Bridge). If the transfer is completed within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide $10,000,000 to the State for the State to use in rehabilitating the bridge. (y) MOUNT PARAN INTERCHANGE PROJECT FOR INTERSTATE ROUTE 75.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available under this Act or title 23, United States Code, shall be used to carry out a project to construct or improve the Mount Paran interchange on Interstate Route 75 in Georgia unless the Atlanta Regional Commission approves the project after the date of enactment of this Act. (z) NITTANY PARKWAY.— The Secretary shall designate 31 miles Pennsylvania. of Pennsylvania State Route 26 between Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and State College, Pennsylvania, as the Nittany Parkway. SEC. 1213. STUDIES AND REPORTS. (a) HIGHWAY ECONOMIC REQUIREMENT SYSTEM.— 23 USC 101 note. (1) METHODOLOGY. — .^ (A) EVALUATION.— The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an evaluation of the methodology used by the Department of Transportation to determine highway needs using the highway economic requirement system (in this subsection referred to as the "model"). (B) REQUIRED ELEMENT. —The evaluation shall include an assessment of the extent to which the model estimates an optimal level of highway infrastructure investment, including an assessment as to when the model may be . overestimating or underestimating investment requirements. (C) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the evaluation. (2) STATE INVESTMENT PLANS.— 66-194O-98-8:QL3Part1
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