Standards

The Secretary shall ensure that the plans and specifications for each proposed highway project under this chapter provide for a facility that will— A design for new construction, reconstruction, resurfacing (except for maintenance resurfacing), restoration, or rehabilitation of a highway on the National Highway System (other than a highway also on the Interstate System) shall consider, in addition to the criteria described in subsection (a)— The Secretary, in cooperation with State transportation departments, may develop criteria to implement paragraph (1). In developing criteria under this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider— Not later than July 1, 1972, the Secretary, after consultation with appropriate Federal and State officials, shall submit to Congress, and not later than 90 days after such submission, promulgate guidelines designed to assure that possible adverse economic, social, and environmental effects relating to any proposed project on any Federal-aid system have been fully considered in developing such project, and that the final decisions on the project are made in the best overall public interest, taking into consideration the need for fast, safe and efficient transportation, public services, and the costs of eliminating or minimizing such adverse effects and the following: The Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall develop and promulgate guidelines to assure that highways constructed pursuant to this title are consistent with any approved plan for— In determining whether any right-of-way on any Federal-aid highway should be used for accommodating any utility facility, the Secretary shall— For the purpose of this subsection— Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary may approve a project for the National Highway System if the project is designed to— Electric vehicle charging infrastructure installed using funds provided under this title shall provide, at a minimum—