demonstration projects—railroad highway crossings

demonstration projects—railroad highway crossings Sec. 140. (a) Section 163 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–87) is amended by inserting immediately after subsection (h) the following new subsections: “(i) The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a demonstration project in Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, for the relocation or grade separation of rail lines whichever he deems most feasible in order to eliminate certain grade level railroad highway crossings. “(j) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such arrangements as may be necessary to carry out a demonstration project in Augusta, Georgia, for the relocation of railroad lines and for the purpose of eliminating highway railroad grade crossings. “(k) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such arrangements as may be necessary to carry out a demonstration project in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, for the relocation of railroad lines for the purpose of eliminating highway railroad grade crossings. “(l) The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a demonstration project in Sherman, Texas, for the relocation of rail lines in order to eliminate the ground level railroad crossing at the crossing of the Southern Pacific and Frisco Railroads with Grand A venue-Roberts Road.”. (b) Existing subsections (i), (j), (k), and (1) of section 163 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 are relettered as (m), (n), (o), and (p), respectively including any references to such subsections. (c) Subsection (m) (as relettered by subsection (b) of this section) of section 163 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: “except that in the case of projects authorized by subsections (i), (j), (k), and (1), the Federal share payable on account of such projects shall not exceed 70 per centum and the remaining costs of such projects shall be paid by the State or local governments.”. (d) Subsection (o) (as relettered by subsection (b) of this section) of section 163 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 is amended by striking out “1976, except that” and inserting in lien thereof the following: “1976, $6,250,000, for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, $26,400,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and $51,400,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, except that not more than”. (e) Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 163 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 is amended by striking out “an engineering and feasibility study for”. (f) Section 302 of the National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–503) is amended by striking out “$14,000,000, except that” and inserting in lieu thereof “$14,000,000, except that, not more than”.