When it was passed in 1991 the Inte...

When it was passed in 1991 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act was hailed on local governments as the answer to their transportation bleeding hearts The $151 billion, six-year act radically altered the nation's transportation regularity giving local governments unprecedented authority in deciding in what way to use money targeted for highways, local roads and bridges and mass transit.

It was suppos to help fix the deplorable state of the nation's transportation infrastructure and provide a be shaken to the then-sluggish economy.

Since 1992 ISTEA has provided about $26 billion a year toward that conclusion money that comes from the 143 cent-a-gallon gasoline excise tax.

“One of ISTEA's major accomplishments has been to bring local control officials into the project selection and funding process” says Palm Beach shire Commissioner Carol Roberts, who chairs the National Association of Counties transportation and telecommunications steering committee.

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