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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5224

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a project for the

implementation of a comprehensive transportation improvement program

in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 6, 1994

Ms. MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a

project for the implementation of a comprehensive transportation improvement program in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kulpsville Transpor5 tation Center Development Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds the following:
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1 (1) The Environmental Protection Agency has

2 determined that 35 States have failed to meet the

3 air quality standards established pursuant to the

4 Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

5 (2) Areas of the State of Pennsylvania exceed

6 the air quality standards of the Environmental Pro7 tection Agency, thereby, exposing millions of people

8 to higher risks of lung and respiratory disease and

9 other health problems.

10 (3) Everyday in Pennsylvania, cars and trucks

11 travel a total of more than 240,000,000 miles, spew12 ing more than 8,000 tons of pollutants into the air.

13 (4) Everyday in Pennsylvania, more than

14 8,000,000 gasoline-powered vehicles account for approximately 1 15 ⁄3 of all pollutants that cause smog and

16 contribute to respiratory illness.

17 (5) The construction of a transportation center

18 and other necessary transportation improvements in

19 the township of Towamencin, village of Kulpsville,

20 Pennsylvania, a rapidly growing area of Southeast21 ern, Pennsylvania, is vital to addressing regional en22 vironmental, health, and economic problems that re23 sult from high levels of air pollution and extreme ve24 hicle congestion.
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1 SEC. 3. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall carry out

3 a project to implement a comprehensive transportation im4 provement program in the township of Towamencin, vil5 lage of Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of dem6 onstrating methods of—

7 (1) solving a local and regional transportation

8 problem;

9 (2) achieving multi-modal, congestion manage10 ment, and trip reduction objectives of the Inter11 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

12 1991 and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990;

13 and

14 (3) providing for local and regional economic

15 growth.

16 (b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project to be carried

17 out under subsection (a) shall include the following ele18 ments:

19 (1) Construction of a transportation center to

20 provide 2,500 parking spaces (including 700 public

21 use spaces), a 10-bay bus terminal, and facilities for

22 walking and bicycling commuters.

23 (2) Construction of turnpike ramps to the

24 transportation center and to Forty Foot Road

25 (Pennsylvania State Route 63).
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1 (3) Construction of improvements to Wambold

2 Road, from Sumneytown Pike to Allentown Road.

3 (c) CONSTRUCTION DEFINED.—For the purposes of

4 this section, the term ‘‘construction’’ has the same mean5 ing given such term by section 101 of title 23, United

6 States Code.

7 (d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

8 of the project to be carried out under this section shall

9 be 75 percent.

10 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

11 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

12 $12,405,000 for fiscal years beginning after September

13 30, 1994. Such sums shall remain available until ex14 pended.

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