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In addition, many citizens are strongly of the opinion certain roads not In the state system are more Imp ant traffic arteries than some
those in the system. It I Is | not easy, though, to make changes in the National Interstate System.
Two or more states usually are involved in any mjijor change. Years of conferences ^ among the States and the J’ederal Government were required
to reach general agreement on the present network. Because of the legal limitation on total interstate system mileage, if we reach agreement to add 100 niles of Route "A” to the interstate qgfstem, the prospect of having to take 100 miles of Route “B” or Route *‘C" out of the i4terstate system presents itself, pitlzens of the communities served by the latter routes, who have waited years for major road) lmgive
provements, are not likely to up their interstate designations without a light.
Already, upwards of 11,000 miles of requested designations have been submitted for the projected 1,000-mile increase in the 40,000-mile total. It is reasonable to suppose, therefore, thal, as actual construction of these new roads gets into high gear, the pressure will increase for fi rth
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