U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announces More Than $128 Million In Emergency Funds To Repair Damaged Roads in Seven States and Various Federal Facilities

More than $128 million in additional emergency relief funds is now available to pay for repairs to roads and bridges damaged by a variety of natural and other emergencies, announced U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters. The funds will go to 7 states and other federal facilities, like parkways, to pay for damages caused by storms, floodings and earthquakes. In the case of California, the funds will go toward the repair of an interchange on I-580 in Oakland that collapsed because of a truck fire and of Mississippi toward the repair of roads damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Click here to read the full press release.