national scenic highway system study

national scenic highway system study Sec. 134. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall make a full and complete investigation and study to determine the feasibility of establishing a national system of scenic highways to link together and make more accessible to the American people recreational, Historical, scientific, and other similar areas of scenic interest and importance. In the conduct of such investigation and study, the Secretary shall cooperate and consult with other agencies of the Federal Government, the Commission on Highway Beautification, the States and their political subdivisions, and other interested private organizations, groups, and individuals. The Secretary shall report, his findings and recommendations to the Congress not later than July 1, 1974, including an estimate of the cost of implementing such a program. There is authorized to be appropriated $250,000 from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this subsection. (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall make a full and complete investigation and study to examine problems of user access to parks, recreation areas (including public recreation areas on Federal lakes), historic sites and wildlife refuges. Such study and investigation shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the desirability and feasibility of a national scenic read and parkways system referred to in subsection (a) including benefits to the user if any and the total long range environmental impact, of such system on the Nation’s recreation resources; alternatives to private automobile access to parks and recreation resources, including mass transit; and special problems of safe access to urban and metropolitan parks and recreation resources. In the conduct of such investigations and study, the Secretary shall cooperate and consult with other agencies of the Federal Government, the States and their political subdivisions, and interested private organizations, groups and individuals. The Secretary shall report his findings and recommendations to the Congress not later than January 1, 1975, including an estimate of the cost of implementing any suggested programs.