Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to furnish Federal financial assistance for construction projects to separate rail-highway crossings where the rail facilities have incurred a substantial increase in use as a result of coal transportation activities resulting in substantial delays in highway travel. Stipulates that the Federal share of such a project shall be 90 percent of its cost. Authorizes appropriations of $300,000,000 out of the Highway Trust Fund for each of the fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980 to carry out such projects.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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