The US highway agency will stop tracking survey markers it has ignored for 50 years

The Federal Highway Administration wants to get rid of a rule that requires it to track physical survey markers. These markers help define precise locations for construction projects, but the agency has not used them in decades.

Since 1974, the agency has been legally required to track these markers, but it has not actually done so. This proposal simply removes a requirement that has been ignored for 50 years. It clears out old, unused rules from the books.