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Under
current law, the federal government provides approximately
$620 million annually for Transportation Enhancements (TE)
activities, with 55% of that amount funding trail, bicycle
and pedestrian facilities. On Friday, July 11, the
Transportation & Treasury Subcommittee of the U.S.
House Appropriations Committee voted to completely
eliminate TE funding for Fiscal Year 2004. At the same
time, the subcommittee voted to increase highway spending
to $34.1 billion -- an astounding $4.8 billion more than
President Bush's request. A vote by the full
Appropriations Committee was scheduled for July 16, but a
rules challenge has delayed the vote for at least a few
days. RTC is again leading the fight to save
Transportation Enhancements from those who would turn back
the clock and change our nation's transportation
legislation into a highways-only bill.
Learn
More!
- Click here
to read RTC's Action Alert and ask your
Representative to protect Transportation
Enhancements!
- Click here
to read RTC President Keith Laughlin's
letter to Appropriations Committee Chairman
Bill Young (R-FL) and Ranking Member David
Obey (D-WI).
- Click here
to read RTC's TEA-21 Reauthorization page.
- Click here
to open the guide to Enhancing America's
Communities (PDF).
- Click here
to support Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.
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