PUBLIC LAW 94-280—MAY 5, 1976
90 STAT. 439
eral-Aid Highway Act of 1974, which sign, display, or device was 23 USC 101 note, after its removal lawfully relocated and which as a result of the amendments made to this section by such Act is required to be removed, the United States shall pay 100 per centum of the just compensation for such removal (including all relocation costs). " (q)(1) During the implementation of State laws enacted to comply with this section, the Secretary shall encourage and assist the States to develop sign controls and programs which will assure that necessary directional information about facilities providing goods and services in the interest of the traveling public will continue to be available to motorists. To this end the Secretary shall restudy and revise as appropriate existing standards for directional signs authorized under subsections 131(c)(1) and 131(f) to develop signs which are func- 23 USC 131. tional and esthetically compatible with their surroundings. He shall employ the resources of other Federal departments and agencies, including the National Endowment for the Arts, and employ maximum participation of private industry in the development of standards and systems of signs developed for those purposes. "(2) Among other things the Secretary shall encourage States to adopt programs to assure that removal of signs providing necessary directional information, which also were providing directional information on June 1, 1972, about facilities in the interest of the traveling public, be deferred until all other nonconforming signs are removed.". (c) Section 131(i) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(i) In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the State highway departments are authorized to maintain maps and to permit information directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas. Subject to the approval of the Secretary, a State may also establish information centers at safety rest areas and other travel information systems within the rights-of-way for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the State and providing such other information as a State may consider desirable. The Federal share of the cost of establishing such an information center or travel information system shall be that which is provided in section 120 for a highway project 23 USC 120. on that Federal-aid system to be served by such center or system.". i
TRAFFIC OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
SEC. 123. (a) Section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 135. Traffic operations improvement programs. "(a) The Congress hereby finds and declares it to be in the national interest that each State shall have a continuing program designed to reduce traffic congestion and facilitate the flow of traffic. "(b) The Secretary may approve under this section any project for improvements on any public road which project will directly facilitate and control traffic flow on any of the Federal-aid systems.". (b) The analysis of chapter 1 is amended by striking out: "135. Urban area traffic operations improvement programs." and inserting in lieu thereof: "135. Traffic operations improvement programs.".
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