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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.
2008 Press Releases
September
U.S. Department of Transportation Identifies Critical Border
Congestion Relief Projects (09/19/08)
Federal Highway Administration Does Not Approve Pennsylvania’s Plans to Toll
Interstate 80 (09/11/08)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters
Announces the Quick Release of $4 Million to Louisiana and Mississippi
for Repair of Roads and Bridges Damaged by Hurricane Gustav (09/05/08)
August
U.S. Department
of Transportation Approves Utah’s I-15 Corridor (08/26/08)
American Driving Reaches Eighth Month of Steady
Decline (08/13/08)
July
Roads Can Be Safer, Top Federal Highway Official Says (07/25/08)
Transportation Public-Private
Partnerships Soar to Record Levels (07/22/08)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters
Announces $1 Million Quick Release to Wisconsin for Urgent Repair of
Roads and Bridges Damaged by Floods (07/11/08)
Two of Nation’s Busiest Interstates Will Get
$11 Million for Truck Parking Innovations (07/09/08)
June
US Department of Transportation Unveils
New Program to Fight Border Congestion (06/02/08)
May
Americans Driving At Historic Lows
(05/23/08)
Nation's Top Highway Official Says New SR 167 HOT Lanes in Washington
State Will Cut Congestion (05/02/08)
April
Nation’s Top Highway Official Calls for Slower Driving in Work Zones
(04/08/09)
March
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Releases an Additional $195 Million
in Funding for I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis (03/05/08)
February
U.S. Department of Transportation Gives Green Light to Proposed Winston-Salem
Northern Beltway (02/15/08)
January
Traffic Control Device Rules Strengthened In New Publication
Updates to MUTCD Reflect Lessons Learned in Atlanta Bus Crash
(01/03/08)
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