23 CFR § 668.101 - Purpose.

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title: "23 CFR § 668.101 - Purpose."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "668.101"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS"
part_number: "668"
part_name: "EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "23 U.S.C. 101, 120(e), 125 and 315; 49 CFR 1.48(b)."
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# 668.101 Purpose.

To establish policy and provide program guidance for the administration of emergency funds for the repair or reconstruction of Federal-aid highways, which are found to have suffered serious damage by natural diasters over a wide area or serious damage from catastrophic failures. Guidance for application by Federal agencies for reconstruction of Federal roads that are not part of the Federal-aid highways is contained in 23 CFR part 668, subpart B.

[52 FR 21948, June 10, 1987, as amended at 61 FR 67212, Dec. 20, 1996]