Title 23 — HighwaysRelease 119-73
§318 Highway relocation due to airport
Title 23 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 318
Summary
Federal highway money must not pay to rebuild or move any road that serves an airport built or expanded after December 20, 1944, or any road closed or made less useful by such an airport, unless the State transportation department and the Secretary agreed with the airport’s officials beforehand that where the airport is placed and the needed road work are in the public interest.
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Title 23, §318
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Federal highway funds shall not be used for the reconstruction or relocation of any highway giving access to an airport constructed or extended after December 20, 1944, or for the reconstruction or relocation of any highway which has been or may be closed or the usefulness of which has been may be impaired by the location or construction of any airport constructed or extended after December 20, 1944, unless, prior to such construction or extension, as the case may be, the State transportation department and the Secretary have concurred with the officials in charge of the airport that the location of such airport or extension thereof and the consequent reconstruction or relocation of the highway are in the public interest.
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1998—Pub. L. 105–178 substituted “State transportation department” for “State highway department”.
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Citation
23 U.S.C. § 318
Title 23 — Highways
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73