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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 trans-
portation improvement program in Kulpsville, Pennsylva-
nia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kulpsville Transpor-
tation Center Development Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Environmental Protection Agency has
determined that 35 States have failed to meet the
air quality standards established pursuant to the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
(2) Areas of the State of Pennsylvania exceed
the air quality standards of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, thereby, exposing millions of people
to higher risks of lung and respiratory disease and
other health problems.
(3) Everyday in Pennsylvania, cars and trucks
travel a total of more than 240,000,000 miles, spew-
ing more than 8,000 tons of pollutants into the air.
(4) Everyday in Pennsylvania, more than
8,000,000 gasoline-powered vehicles account for ap-
proximately 1⁄3 of all pollutants that cause smog and
contribute to respiratory illness.
(5) The construction of a transportation center
and other necessary transportation improvements in
the township of Towamencin, village of Kulpsville,
Pennsylvania, a rapidly growing area of Southeast-
ern, Pennsylvania, is vital to addressing regional en-
vironmental, health, and economic problems that re-
sult from high levels of air pollution and extreme ve-
hicle congestion.
SEC. 3. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall carry out
a project to implement a comprehensive transportation im-
provement program in the township of Towamencin, vil-
lage of Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of dem-
onstrating methods of—
(1) solving a local and regional transportation
problem;
(2) achieving multi-modal, congestion manage-
ment, and trip reduction objectives of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990;
and
(3) providing for local and regional economic
growth.
(b) PROJECT ELEMENTS.—The project to be carried
out under subsection (a) shall include the following ele-
ments:
(1) Construction of a transportation center to
provide 2,500 parking spaces (including 700 public
use spaces), a 10-bay bus terminal, and facilities for
walking and bicycling commuters.
(2) Construction of turnpike ramps to the
transportation center and to Forty Foot Road
(Pennsylvania State Route 63).
(3) Construction of improvements to Wambold
Road, from Sumneytown Pike to Allentown Road.
(c) CONSTRUCTION DEFINED.—For the purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘construction’’ has the same mean-
ing given such term by section 101 of title 23, United
States Code.
(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost
of the project to be carried out under this section shall
be 75 percent.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$12,405,000 for fiscal years beginning after September
30, 1994. Such sums shall remain available until ex-
pended.
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