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E-M:/ TEA-21 Reauthorization--are we paying attention?
- Subject: E-M:/ TEA-21 Reauthorization--are we paying attention?
- From: Sue Julian <sjulian@provide.net>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 13:21:55 -0400
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From: Helen Sheehan [mailto:h_sheehan@hotmail.com]
Subject: [lwv-presidents] America's Historic Areas and Parklands At Risk
of Becoming Roadkill
This week as we celebrate our national heritage, the Senate Environment
&
Public Works (EPW) Committee will make a brief visit home as staff works
on
drafting their proposal for TEA-21 reauthorization. Under consideration
are
proposed changes that would significantly weaken key protections of
America's heritage. Laws were enacted after the Interstate-building
boom
during the 1960's and '70s which caused neighborhoods to band together
against planned highways through areas such as New Orleans French
Quarter,
San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, and the National Mall. Section 4(f)
of
the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 and Section 106 of the
Historic
Preservation Act require engineers to avoid damage to historic
properties
and parklands. These laws have saved countless national treasures,
downtowns, forts, and tribal lands. Proposed changes would exempt many
highway projects from these laws, nix requirements to consider every
"prudent and feasible alternative" and protect landmarks, and grant
state
departments of transportation with discretionary powers to interpret and
apply the federal law.
YOUR ATTENTION REQUESTED:
Write a Letter to the Editor calling on your Senator to protect our
national
treasures week of July 4
For a fact sheet on Section 4(f), including protected and threatened
areas,
visit http://www.antc.net/campaign/4f%20matters.pdf
For more about historic preservation and transportation policy from the
National Trust for Historic Preservation, visit
http://www.nationaltrust.org/issues/transportation/index.html
CONTACT INFO FOR EPW COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Senator Phone Fax
AK Murkowski (R) 202-224-6665 202-224-5301
CA Boxer (D) 202-224-6222 415-956-6701
CO Allard (R) 202-224-5941 202-224-6471
CT Lieberman (D) 202-224-4041 202-224-9750
DE Carper (D) 202-224-2441 202-228-2190
FL Graham (D) 202-224-3041 202-224-2237
ID Crapo (R) 202-224-6142 202-228-1375
MO Bond (R) 202-224-5721 202-224-8149
MT Baucus (D) 202-224-2651 202-228-3687
NV Reid (D) 202-224-3542 202-224-7327
NY Clinton (D) 202-224-4451 202-228-0282
OH Voinovich (R) 202-224-3353 202-228-1382
OK Inhofe (R) 202-224-4721 202-228-0380
OR Wyden (D) 202-224-5244 202-228-2717
RI Chafee (R) 202-224-2921 202-228-2853
TX Cornyn (R) 202-224-2934 202-228-2856
VA Warner (R) 202-224-2023 202-224-6295
VT Jeffords (I) 202-224-8832 202-228-0776
WY Thomas (R) 202-224-6441 202-224-1724
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Andrea Broaddus at the Surface
Transportation
Policy Project at 202-466-2636 or abroaddus@transact.org.
Helen M. Sheehan
216.752.6831 (P)
216.752.6883 (F)
216.990.2999 (C)
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