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High Risk Rural Roads are defined in 23 USC 148(a)(1) as "any roadway functionally classified as a rural major or minor collector or a rural local road with significant safety risks, as defined by a State in accordance with an updated State strategic highway safety plan."
While the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) eliminated the $90 million set-aside for the HRRR program, it also established a Special Rule for high risk rural road safety under 23 USC 148(g). This rule was continued with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) and requires a State to obligate a certain amount of funds on HRRRs if the fatality rate on its rural roads increases.
Check out the links below for more information for rural safety projects.