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...money raised by the nickel gas tax will be distributed according to a complex formula that tries to assess each state's need, population, land area and readiness to use the funds. Since the Department of Transportation works regularly with the states to determine highway priorities, plans for using the money are ready; no new bureaucracy is needed to disburse...
...primary U.S. routes will get $600 million for major repairs. Bridges will be al lotted $700 million for repairs, while the remaining $600 million will be devoted to highway safety programs and miscellaneous road projects...
Throughout the 1960s, the Government marshaled extraordinary resources to accomplish a pair of Promethean feats: Americans were dispatched to the moon, and the country was overlaid with a brand-new web of nonstop superhighways. The space program remains a source of national pride. The Interstate Highway System? Most people take it for granted, except when they hit an unfinished stretch and find themselves rerouted along old, slow roads. Yet the Interstate has had a singularly profound effect on the way Americans live...
...comprehensive system of national highways was clearly necessary by the 1930s. In 1944, Congress, recognizing that a high-speed federal highway system had military value as well, made it eligible for federal funds. But the states were reluctant to pay their 50% shares. Finally, in 1956, at President Eisenhower's urging, the Federal Government got serious: 41,000 miles were mandated (1,944 more were authorized later), with 90% of the cost to be federally subsidized. Since then some $175 billion has been spent, and an average of 45,000 people have been working full time building Interstate highways...
Some gaps have resulted from environmentalist victories. Highway planners in Memphis always assumed they would get permission to run Interstate 40 through the 342-acre