George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives

U.S. Senate : Legislative Records. Transportation and Commerce : Highways, 1983-1994.

5.5 linear feet.
Arranged by staff member, then subject.
Catalog Number: M202.6.2.11.4

Description:
Files in this series were generated from 1983 through 1994. Materials include memos; notes; correspondence; reports--especially budget reports; copies of bills; speeches; court decisions; press releases, mostly from the Federal Highway Administration; and news clippings. Subjects include reauthorization for federal funding of highway construction projects and construction standards, including the Buy America program concerning trade protection against foreign imports on concrete and the Davis-Bacon labor law regulating wages on construction workers. The Labor series contains additional information on the Davis-Bacon Act. Other construction issues include bridge building, including timber bridges, the development of rural roads, particulary in Maine, and particular road construction and demonstration projects, most of them in Maine, including the Brunswick bypass. Other projects include the Central Artery Project in Boston. Regulation issues include highway safety; traffic fatalities; manditory motorcycle helmet laws; drunk driving; development of outdoor advertising, particularly billboards; raising the 55mph speed limit; licensing standards for truck drivers; development of public transportation; and toll collection. Federal agencies and committees in this series include the Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Management and Budget, and the Environment and Public Works Committee, particularly its subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Other organizations include the Maine Department of Transportation and a variety of construction organizations, unions, and associations such as the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. Some of the files concern other senators, especially Senator Steven D. Symms of Idaho, who was chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee.

Most of these files were maintained and created by Grace Reef. Mary LeBlanc, Martha Pope, and Sandy Brown also generated some files. The Local Development series contains additional materials on nominations for the Economic Development Administration; development of federal buildings, especially the Kennedy Center; local development in Portland, Maine; and ferry construction. The Railroads series contains additional files on railroad crossings.

Access Restrictions: Restricted until January 3, 2015.

Boxes 326-330: Grace Reef
Box 331: Martha Pope and Grace Reef


Grace Reef


• Box 326
  · Highway Study 1989
  · Highway Trust Fund/TRIP Rept. (1986-1987)
  · Highway Trust Fund 3/30/87
  · Highway Design/Excellence (1988)
  · High Risk Drivers Act/Danforth 1993
  · House + Senate Bills/Hwys (1986-1987)
  · IRS/Trust fund states (1988)
  · Highway Stats 1989
  · Hwys/GJM folder mark-up/conference (1987)
  · General (1986-1987)
  · GAO Study/Highway Reauthorization (1990)
  · Fly Ash (1987)
  · Fore Bridge/SP City Council 1989
  · DOT Feasibility Studies (1987)
  · Drug Offenders Suspensions (1989)
  · FhWA notices 1989
  · FhWA Releases 1987
  · FhWA notices 1988
  · Bob Farris/FhWA nomination (1987)
  · FhWA/Tom Larson (1987)
  · AIME A. Levecque/DBE flexibility
  · Georgetown Project (1987)
  · Davis-Bacon/Symms Amendment (1986)
  · Davis-Bacon (1986)
  · Talmadge Bridge/Georgia-Fowler (1987)
  · DOT/Highway Futures Study (1987)
  · DOT/Commercial/Drivers Licensing (1987)
  · DBE's/GAO Reports
  · DOT Traffic Fatalities Rept. (1988)
  · Conference/EPW list votes Targets (1987)
  · Conference Proposals Highways (1987)
  · Buy America/Cochran Amendment (1985-1986)
  · Carlton Bridge/Discretionary funds (1987)
  · Bridge hearing + report (1987)
  · Brunswick Bypass (1989)
  · Buy America (1987) 
  · Billboard Corrections to Highway Bill (1987)
  · Billboard Amendment/Stafford (1987)
  · Billboards/Fowler Idea Signs 1993
  · Bridges/NY Bridge Collapse (1987)
  · Drunk Driving Markup/7-14-88
  · Drunk Driving/1988 EPA Markup
  · 8090 Return - Mass Transit Account (1987)
  · Bangor + Aroostook RR Co. Hwy Crossings (1987)
  · Billboards/1988
  · Wormser Emergency/anthracite culm (1986)
  · 85% Minimum Allocation (1987)
  · Billboards/Highway Beautification (1985-1987)
  · Highways/Intro Material (1985-1987)
  · Authorizations (#s) + ICE (1987)
  · FY '86 + '87 Appointments (1985-1988)
  · AASHTO/2020 Overview (1988)
  · American Consulting Engineers (1987)
  · Assoc. General Contractors Override Material (1987)
  · AASHTO - State Outlook Report (1987-1991)
  · FHWA/Budget Hearing Responses 1988
  · Pricing - Highways (1991)
  · Pena hearing 1/93 EPW
  · Motorcycle helmets 1991
  · Reauthorization: S. 2405 Symms/Stafford (1986)
  · Reauthorization: Interstate Cost Estimates---ICE (1983-1985)
  
• Box 327
  · Reauthorization: Administration Bill (1986)
  · Reauthorization: Reauthorization Hearings (1986)
  · Reauthorizations: Block Grants (1986)
  · Reauthorizations: DBE's (1986)
  · Reauthorizations: Prison Signs (1986)
  · Reauthorizations: Misc. Amendments (1986)
  · 55 Speed Limit (1986)
  · Transit Tax (1985)
  · STAA -- Buy America (1983, 1984)
  · STAA -- 1983 -- H.R. 3103 (1983)
  · Federal Aid in Highways 1984
  · Minimum Drinking Age Amendment (1984)
  · Committee Amendments (1984)
  · Hollings/Thurmond/Transfer of Funds (1984)
  · House 4R Amendment (1984)
  · Howard/Mass Transit (1984) 
  · Johnston/Long/I49 (1984)
  · 4R/Specter/Bridges (1984)
  · 4R/Specter/Highways (1984)
  · Symms amendment -- UMPTA (1984)
  · Tsongas amendment -- Central Artery
  · Memos (1984)
  · EDA Nomination -- Swindle '85
  · Economic Development (1984-1985)
  · TVA Budget Cut (1985)
  · Public Buildings (1983-1986): ND: West Virginia
  · Public Buildings (1983-1986): Kennedy Center - S.2562 (1984)
  · Public Buildings (1983-1986)
  · [Bay of Fundy Project]
  · [Greater Portland Council of Governments - 1986]
  · Timber Bridges Bkgd
  · Timber Bridges [2]
  · Timber Bridges 1992
  · 1992 Technical Corrections
  · 1992 Highway Technical Corrections
  · 1991 Highway Bill Clips/Roads + Rail
  · 1991 Highways Conference [1/3]
  
• Box 328
  · 1991 Highways Conference [2-3/3]
  · Hwys Senate Floor 6/91 [4]
  · Margaret Chase Smith/Timber Bridge Hartland
  · Rubber Asphalt 1993
  · Mass Transit hearings 1991
  · Mickey Berger/Mag-lev (1991)
  · Unobligated Balances/States 2/28/87
  · Vehicle violations/overweight (1988)
  · Toll Financing (1987)
  · Skinner/transportation (1990)
  · Toll Roads (1986)
  · DOT/Trucking Productivity Improvement Act Administration bill (1987)
  · S. P+H Million $ Bridge
  · South Africa - Highways (1987)
  · Turnpike/Maine (1987-1991)
  · STAA 1982 (1984)
  · Substitue Highway Projects/lost (1987)
  · Highway taxes/Finance (1987)
  · Int. Disc - Highways/Tech. Assistance Roy Marcey (1987)
  · Highway Bill - Technical Corrections 1987
  · Speed Limit/MDOT Sampling (1986)
  · Speed Limits/55-65 Memos (1987-1988)
  · Scenic Byways (1989)
  · SHARP Study 1988
  · Shoreline erosion/demo - highways (1988) 
  · DOT enforcement Study - 55 mph (1986-1987)
  · Rural Interstate fatalities 1987
  · Rural Roads (1985)
  · Seat Belts/FhWA (1989)
  · DOT/FhWA Rebecca Range testimony 4/28/87
  · RoW/utility uses (1986)
  · Railroad - Highway Profects/DOT
  · Highway Resurfacing, Restoration, Rehab (1988)
  · Road Info. Program
  · Motor Carriers Saftey Administration (1988)
  · Highway Dear Colleagues
  
• Box 329
  · North Carolina - Terry Sanford (1987)
  · OUI Miscellaneous (1991)
  · Prison Sign Shops
  · Productivity in Public Works 1988
  · Piggyback Trailers 1987
  · Member Mail/Highways (1987)
  · Member Provisions (Projects/Studies)
  · ME Turnpike Authority (1989)
  · Mag Levitation/Speed trains row (1988)
  · Killer Mailboxes (1985)
  · Parents w/o Partners (1987)
  · Paternity Testing (1987)
  · Up from Dependency (1986)
  · Women + Welfare Employment (1986)
  · Washington State/Family Independence Program (1987)
  · Manpower Demo. Research Corp. (1987)
  · MDRC/Jobs Study - Welfare Reform 1991
  · Local Roads Study (1987)
  · Los Angeles Metrorail Highway Bill (1987)
  · Highway/Mass Transit #5 1987 bill
  · Maine Roads/TRIP Report 1988
  · ME DOT/Releases/Studies/Plans (1987-1989)
  · DOT Injury/Accident Report 1987
  · Interior/Park Roads + Parkways (1987)
  · LEAD/Houlton Road [2]
  · Maine Highways 1991 [2]
  · FY93 DOT Appropriations Highways FY94
  · Buses/ME 1993
  · Presque Isle Economic Development
  · Bingo Stamps - ICC 1992
  · Ferry Construction/Terminals Maine 1992 
  · HR2/override statements
  · FHWA/State Liquor Store
  · Early Demo. Information
  · GSM/highways
  · DOT/Accurate Facts
  · Hwys/Admin Bill vs. Conference Report
  · Adm. veto statement/votes
  · Hazmat transport 1992
  · Maine Turnpike
  · Maine
  · Highways FY92 General
  · Mass transit [1/3]
  
• Box 330
  · Mass transit [2+3/3]
  · Mass Turnpike
  · Highways- General
  · Brunswick Bypass [3]

  Martha Pope and Grace Reef
  

• Box 331
  
  · General Information (1985)
  · I95 to Aroostook County (1984)
  · [Route 9- Calais, ME, 1986]
  · [Maine- New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority, 1985]
  · Outdoor Advertising (1986) [3]
  · [Maine Turnpike, 1986]
  · Buy America--Cement (1984) [3]