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the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Public
Affairs web page. The FHWA is responsible for
administering the federal highway aid program to
individual states, and working to help plan, develop and
coordinate construction of federally funded highway
projects. It also governs the safety of hazardous cargoes
as they move over the nation's highways.
2006 Press Releases
December
Highway Traffic Up in 2005; New Data Reveal America’s Traffic
Congestion Getting Worse (12/11/06)
October
New Federal Grant
for Iowa, Minnesota and South Carolina to Help Cut by Half
Construction Timeline for Projects (10/31/06)
September
 New
Federally Funded $5 Million Ferry Contract to Provide Free Connection from Bay
St. Louis to Pass Christian, Miss.(09/20/06)
July
Acting
U.S. Transportation Secretary Maria Cino Announces $685 Million In Emergency
Funds To Repair Damaged Roads In 31 States (07/31/06)
Statement
from the Federal Highway Administration (07/11/06)
Nation’s
Top Highway Official Announces $2.2 Million Grant For Bridgeport
High-Speed Ferry Service To LaGuardia Airport And Lower Manhattan
(07/07/06)
June
Nation’s Top Highway Official Announces $5.2 Million in New Grants for Ohio
River Bridges Project (06/19/06)
Nation's Top Highway Official Opens New I-25
HOT Express Lanes That Give Drivers A Way Out Of Congestion To
Downtown Denver (06/01/06)
May
Reno Repays $50 Million Federal Loan That
Jump-Started Rail Corridor Project, Relieved Downtown Congestion
(05/17/06)
March
Alabama Receives $17.6 Million For Hurricane Katrina Road Damages
(03/29/06)
Florida Receives $480 Million For Repairing
Hurricane-Damaged Traffic Signals And Highways (03/29/06)
Tennessee
Receives $2 Million Federal Grant For Shelby and Fayette County
Highway Improvements (03/23/06)
Missouri
Receives $3 Million Federal Grant For Butler County Highway
Improvements (03/23/06)
Mississippi
Receives $5 Million Federal Grant For Highway Improvements In Coahoma
and Quitman Counties (03/23/06)
Louisiana
Receives $5 Million Federal Grant For Iberia and Richland Parish
Highway Improvements (03/23/06)
Kentucky
Receives $1.5 Million Federal Grant For Christian County Highway
Improvements (03/23/06)
Illinois
Receives $1.5 Million Federal Grant For Alexander County Highway
Improvements (03/23/06)
Arkansas
Receives $5 Million Federal Grant For Highway Improvements In Greene,
Desha and Lincoln Counties (03/23/06
Alabama
Receives $1.6 Million Federal Grant For Tuskegee and Butler County
Highway Improvements (03/23/06)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $22
Million In Grants For 207 Scenic Byways Projects (03/06/06)
January
Federal Highway Administration Provides $1.48
Million To Help Washington Reduce Congestion (01/10/06)
Federal Highway Administration Provides $1.1 Million
To Help Georgia Reduce Congestion (01/10/06)
Federal Highway Administration Provides $1 Million
To Help Texas Reduce Congestion (01/10/06)
Federal Highway Administration Provides $3 Million
To Help California Reduce Congestion (01/10/06)
Federal Highway Administration Provides $200,000 To
Help Reduce Congestion in Florida’s Lee County (01/10/06)
Federal Highway Administration Provides $240,000 To
Help the Washington, DC Metro Area Reduce Congestion (01/10/06)
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