Authorization to proceed with acquisitions on a sign removal project shall not be issued until such time as the State has submitted to FHWA the following:
    
    
        
        (a) 
         A general description of the project.
     
    
        
        (b) 
         The total number of signs to be acquired.
     
    
        
        (c) 
         The total estimated cost of the sign removal project, including a breakdown of incidental, acquisition and removal costs.