INCREASED OPERATING ASSISTANCE DURING CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE PROJECT.

SEC. 329. INCREASED OPERATING ASSISTANCE DURING CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE PROJECT. Upon request of the State of Florida and the designated recipients under section 9 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 for the urbanized areas of Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida, the amount of funds apportioned after September 30, 1987, under such section with respect to such urbanized areas which may otherwise be used for operating assistance under such section shall be increased by $4,400,000 for each fiscal year in which major onsite construction is being carried out on a 40-mile segment of Interstate Route I-95 in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida. The increased operating assistance may only be used for commuter rail service provided as a maintenance-of-traffic measure during the period in which the construction is being carried out.