Sec. 1215. DESIGNATED TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES

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## SEC. 1215 DESIGNATED TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES ###

(a)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ####

(1)Restoration of train station The Secretary shall allocate amounts made available by this subsection for the restoration of the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, train station. ####

(2)Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $400,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999 to carry out this subsection. ####

(3)Applicability of title 23 Funds made available to carry out this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal share of the cost of restoration of the train station under this subsection shall be 80 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended. ###

(b)Center ####

(1)Establishment The Secretary shall allocate funds made available to carry out this subsection to establish a center for national scenic byways in Duluth, Minnesota, to provide technical communications and network support for nationally designated scenic byway routes in accordance with paragraph (2). ####

(2)Communications systems The center for national scenic byways shall develop and implement communications systems for the support of the national scenic byways program. Such communications systems shall provide local officials and planning groups associated with designated National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads with proactive, technical, and customized assistance through the latest technology that allows scenic byway officials to develop and sustain their National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads. ####

(3)Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this subsection $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 and $1,245,000 for the period of October 1, 2004, through July 30, 2005. ####

(4)Applicability of title 23 Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal share of the cost of any project under this subsection shall be 100 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended. ###

(c)Coal Heritage Trail ####

(1)In general The Secretary shall make grants to the State of West Virginia for the Coal Heritage Scenic Byway for the purposes set forth in section 204(h) of title 23, United States Code. ####

(2)Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2001. ####

(3)Applicability of title 23 Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the funds shall remain available until expended. ###

(d)Traffic Calming Measures ####

(1)In general The Secretary shall provide $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003 to implement traffic calming measures on Route 50 in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, Virginia. ####

(2)Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out paragraph

(1)the amounts specified in such paragraph for the fiscal years specified in such paragraph. ####

(3)Applicability of title 23 Funds made available to carry out this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. ###

(e)Pedestrian Bridge ####

(1)In general The Secretary shall provide $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for a pedestrian bridge over United States Route 29 at Emmet Street in Charlottesville, Virginia. ####

(2)Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out paragraph

(1)the amounts specified in such paragraph for the fiscal years specified in such paragraph. ####

(f)Interpretive Center ####

(1)In general The Secretary shall provide $600,000 for fiscal year 1999 for construction of the Virginia Blue Ridge Parkway interpretive center located on the Roanoke River Gorge in Virginia. ####

(2)Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out paragraph

(1)the amounts specified in such paragraph for the fiscal years specified in such paragraph. ####

(g)Chain of Rocks Bridge ####

(1)In general The Secretary shall provide $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for the renovation and preservation of the Missouri Route 66 Chain of Rocks Bridge. ####

(2)Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out paragraph

(1)the amounts specified in such paragraph for the fiscal years specified in such paragraph. ####

(h)Noise Barriers, Dekalb County, Georgia Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall approve the construction of Type II noise barriers beginning on the west side of Interstate Route 285 extending from Northlake Parkway to Henderson Mill Road in Dekalb County, Georgia, from funds apportioned under sections 104(b)(1) and 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code.