Copies of construction programs shall be supplied to the members of the General Assembly and shall be open to the public for inspection and shall be made available to interested persons. The priority of improvement shall be based upon relative need and sufficiency ratings maintained by the department.
No highway, transit line, highway interchange, airport, or other transportation corridor or facility, shall be built or expanded in such a way as to use any land from any recreation area, wildlife and/or waterfowl refuge, historic site, State forest land, State game land, wilderness areas or public park unless:
At the hearings required by this section, the public officials named in clause (15) of subsection (a) of this section shall make a report indicating the environmental effects of the proposed transportation route or program. The Department of Transportation shall not construct or reconstruct any portion of the transportation route or program unless the Secretary of Transportation makes a written finding published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin that:
Revenue derived from any lease of land originally acquired for highway purposes shall be deposited in the Motor License Fund.
71 P.S. § 512