By the Associated Press:
Congress has recessed for the holidays, and it has gone another year without passing legislation that would boost funding for Route 66.
The lack of movement on reauthorizing the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program means there will be no cost-share grants aimed at reviving old tourist spots in struggling towns where the Mother Road passed through.
The program has helped finance projects like rehabilitating parts of the historic Rialto Theatre in Winslow, Arizona. Route 66 Alliance executive director Ken Busby says the lack of dedicated federal funding for preservation work puts people trying to save Route 66 in a jam.
Route 66 runs through Oklahoma into extreme southeastern Kansas before continuing through Missouri into Illinois.
