Section 80-A. State prefinancing of federal share of non-state highway projects

In connection with the undertaking  by  a  municipality  of  a  non-state  highway  project  for which the commissioner is authorized to
  use moneys of the federal  government  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
  section  eighty of this chapter the commissioner is hereby authorized to
  advance from any state highway appropriation made in the first  instance
  and   subject   to  subsequent  reimbursement  in  accordance  with  the
  provisions of Title 23, U.S. Code, "Highways" to such  municipality  the
  share of the federal government of such project.
    The  first instance advances herein authorized shall be available only
  after the Federal Highway Administration, Department  of  Transportation
  of  the  United  States  of  America,  shall  notify the commissioner of
  transportation that each specific project for which such first  instance
  advances are contemplated have been approved and that the required share
  of  federal  funds  which have been apportioned to the State of New York
  for expenditure have been  entered  on  the  official  records  of  such
  Federal  Highway  Administration,  Department  of  Transportation,  as a
  commitment of such funds.
    The commissioner shall undertake such supervision  and  management  of
  the  municipal  project  so  advanced  in  order  to fulfill any and all
  agreements with the Federal Highway Administration in  order  to  assure
  federal reimbursement of the first instance advances herein authorized.
    The  commissioner  shall  provide  for  the  management  of  the first
  instance advances and federal  reimbursements  herein  authorized  in  a
  manner consistent with the management of any other federally aided state
  highway construction project.