BESTEA Pavement Pork
Press Release
For Immediate Release | |
March 30, 1998 |
The following list of highway demonstration projects was taken from the committee report on the Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1998 (Rpt. 105-467).
- Item 9. District of Columbia. Implement Geographical Information System, Washington D.C. – $10 million. Located in the district of Transportation Committee member Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).
- Item 15. New York. Construct interchange and connector road using ITS testbed capabilities at I-90 Exit 8 – $13 million. Located in the district of Rep. Michael R. McNulty (D-N.Y.).
- Item 27. Illinois. Reconstruct Greenbriar Road with construction of new turn lanes in vicinity of John A. Logan College in Carterville – $1.4 million. Located in the district of Transportation Committee member Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.).
- Item 43. Missouri. Construct extension of bike path between Soulard market area and Riverfront bike trail in St. Louis – $1.2 million. Located in the district of Rep. William Clay (D-Mo.).
- Item 71. Virginia. Construct transportation demonstration project utilizing magnetic levitation technology along route of “Smart Road” between Blacksburg and Roanoke – $2 million. Located in the districts of Reps. Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.).
- Item 121. Massachusetts. Undertake vehicular and pedestrian movement improvements within Central Business District of Foxborough – $2.08 million. Located in the district of Reps. James P. McGovern (D-Mass.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.). McGovern is a member of the Transportation Committee.
- Item 134. Massachusetts. Undertake improvements to South Station Intermodal Station – $3 million.
- Item 154. Pennsylvania. Construct Independence Gateway Transportation Center project, Philadelphia – $6 million.