Assembly Joint Resolution No. 11-Committee on Transportation
FILE NUMBER
100
- ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION--Urging Congress to continue transportation enhancement projects in the reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
Whereas, Congress is currently considering the reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; and
Whereas, The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 established a new vision for transportation in the United States by declaring that the national transportation system should be intermodal in character, economically efficient, environmentally sound and socially responsive; and
Whereas, The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 provides for the funding of transportation enhancement projects, or activities related to transportation that are designed to strengthen the cultural, aesthetic and environmental aspects of the country's transportation system; and
Whereas, Transportation enhancement projects add community or environmental value to any active or completed transportation project, and include:
1. Facilities for pedestrians and bicycles;
2. The acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sites;
3. Scenic or historic highway programs;
4. Landscaping and other scenic beautification;
5. Historic preservation;
6. The rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures or facilities, including railroad facilities and canals;
7. The preservation of abandoned railway corridors and the conversion of such corridors to other uses;
8. The control and removal of outdoor advertising;
9. Archaeological planning and research; and
10. The mitigation of water pollution resulting from highway runoff; and
Whereas, Transportation enhancement projects enjoy broad popular support and have benefited the cities and counties of Nevada by improving the quality of life and economic development of those cities and counties; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, Jointly, That the members of the 69th Session of the Nevada Legislature urge Congress, in considering reauthorization, to maintain the course set by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 through dedicated funding for transportation enhancement projects within the successor to the act; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Vice President of the United States as the presiding officer of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and each member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation; and be it further
Resolved, That this resolution becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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