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If you’re considering nominating your byway for designation as one of America’s Byways®, new articles are on the Nominations page, each containing information to help you prepare for the upcoming cycle. Visit http://www.bywaysonline.org/nominations often as new information will be added as the cycle approaches.

FHWA has released a new memorandum detailing the applicability of prevailing wage rate requirements. All laborers and mechanics employed for National Scenic Byways Program construction work on Federal-aid highways must be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing wages as determined by the Secretary of Labor under the Davis-Bacon Act.

FHWA has released a new memorandum detailing procurement requirements. In general, National Scenic Byways Program construction projects within the highway right-of-way must be awarded on the basis of the lowest responsive, responsible bidder unless the State DOT is able to demonstrate that some other method is more cost effective or that an emergency exists.

The Federal Highway Administration is now seeking grant proposals for National Scenic Byways Program funding consideration for FY 2008. SAFETEA-LU authorized up to $40 million for this fiscal year; FHWA has decided to be more strategic in its grant...

On February 6, 2008, the National Scenic Byways Program published a notice in the Federal Register (Volume 73, Number 25) regarding a change to and extension of our currently approved information collection. Included in this request are our estimates of...