Will increased highway funding help rural areas?

Details

• Creators:
  Brown, Dennis M.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Federal Aid Highways Government Funding Rural Development Rural Highways TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act For The 21st Century
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service
• Abstract:
  Rural areas in the United States stand to benefit from new highway funding legislation, especially the South. The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) authorizes sharply increased funding for major roads and is the single largest public works bill in U.S. history. Over a 6-year period, it will provide $171 billion to build new roads, widen lanes, put in new interchanges, and construct bridges. Under TEA-21, some spending discrepancies will be addressed and resolved for States that contribute more money into the Federal Highway Trust Fund than they receive in benefits.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c8251a5ab188a39982f5a10db8d04679e8551ce7e4483602803ca7736ebadcac
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16112/dot_16112_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.33 MB ]