Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956

, and would have an issue with limited access to the trail as a resource. According to the Purple Line Amended Complaint by FCCT, it was ignored that the site would interfere with the habitat for Hay’s Spring Amphipods and Key’s Amphipods, which are both classified as endangered. “Defendants also failed to establish for the candidate Kenk's amphipod an effective monitoring system so as to list it promptly to prevent a significant risk to its well-being... Defendants also failed to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) as required by both NEPA and the Federal Aid Highway Act (“FHA”) after being advised by the leading amphipod expert of the potential presence of the amphipod species in the area affected by the Project.” Also, the line will be very close to a colony of herons, but permission to build the line in proximity to the colony was not received by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, or MBTA. “Kenk’s spring amphipod, the Hay’s amphipod, countless bird species, biodiversity,” would all be put at risk by the creation of the Purple Line light rail. Also, the location of the Purple Line light rail will cause many residences and businesses to relocate. According to Proposed Purple Line Figures, (document 1,) 113 properties are going to be displaced. Although many have validated the movement of residences with $60,000 being offered to the families and businesses, many people are displeased about having to relocate. For example, in the WAMU article Purple…

Kareti Acts of Congress Annotated Bibliography Equal Pay Act of 1963 "The Equal Pay Act of 1963." U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2016. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibits the discrimination of pay based on sex. An employer must pay an individual based on skill, performance, and effort in the given field of occupation. Subsection one states that three exceptions are made when it comes to pay: seniority, merit, or quality of production. Subsection two act…

to have a better highway/road system.The roads are not good at all thats why its always rush hour and traffic be getting stopped up. This is not something that just started, because according to Eric Arneasn back then like in the 1900’s “most roads that existed were unpaved. Also author Eric Arneasn said “there was a point that needed to be made “There was a desperate need for better , safer , and faster highways in america”. I feel there is a solution to this. While riding on the bus the…

national defense. Dwights Vice President was Richard Nixon and Dwight had two Secretary of States, the first one being John Foster Dulles(1953-1959) and the second one was Christian A. Herter(1959-1961). The Secretary of Treasury was George M. Humphrey(1953-1957) and Robert B. Anderson (1957-1961). The Secretary of Defense were Charles E. Wilson(1953-1957) then Neil H. McElroy(1957-1959) and finally Thomas S. Gates Jr. . Eisenhower's agenda for the first year went along the lines of end the war…

The 1950’s and 1960’s transported the idea of urban renewal to fruition. The passage of the 1949 Housing Act, The Housing Act of 1954, and The 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act demolished numerous neighborhoods of historical and social value throughout the United States. Jane Jacobs, a woman with no political or neighborhood planning background began fighting against the bulldozer mentality in New York City that sought to construct highways and skyscrapers, which displaced many individuals,…

Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Texas, had served in the military, and had became America’s 34th president. Throughout his life, he had accomplished many great things, from signing the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1957, to keeping America at peace with foreign countries. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American politician and general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. Eisenhower was an amazing person, and helped America become what it is today.…

York. There were multiple legislative actions taken by both the federal and state governments to fix these low-income living areas. The very first notable legislative action was taken by the state of New York in 1867 and was entitled “ The First Tenement Act”. This act required windows in every rom and fire escapes for safety reasons. In 1879 the “Second Tenement Housing Act” stated that in order for a window to fulfill the First Tenement Act’s window requirement it must face as source of…

resulted in slowed production of consumer goods and stalling the economy. The Taft-Harley act was put into place to restrict union rights and allowing them to take advantage of workers. This prevented companies from only hiring union members, and allowed employees to be given the option to refuse to join unions. While these difficulties occurred and led the post-war era off to a rocky start, President Truman was determined to fix these issues and bring the country into a period of…

Interstate Highway System. Next, we will look at how he was able to effectively end the Korean War with an armistice deal. Lastly, we will look at how Eisenhower was able to combat segregation in America. Eisenhower viewed the building of an interstate system as vital to America’s interest on several different accounts, including: defense, commerce, safety, and unity (Murphy, 2009). After much debate with Congress and individual states over funding, Eisenhower’s “Grand Plan” slowly started to…

After World War II, America had a few struggles until the postwar boom. The postwar boom caused a great economic outbreak, there were new jobs, there was a new suburban life, more babies were being born, and highways and interstates were being built. Americans had money, consumers were spending money, new companies were being built, new jobs were created and new technology was born. During World War II Americans earned wages but they saved much of their earnings. Even Americans who were not…