§ 24-8-1.5 — § 24-8-1.5. Turnback implementation plan.

Rhode Island § 24-8-1.5

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 24: Highways
• Ch. 24-8: Construction and Maintenance of State Roads

Text

§ 24-8-1.5. Turnback implementation plan.

The director of transportation shall prepare and carry out a plan regarding an implementation schedule for all roads changing jurisdiction as a result of this section. Any road that changes jurisdiction and becomes a municipal road, under the enactment of this section, that such shall be repaired and improved, as may be deemed necessary, by the department of transportation to a safe and usable condition before the road is returned to the jurisdiction of the municipality; provided, however that no road shall be returned to the jurisdiction of a municipality without its consent if the jurisdiction does not have a full-time highway department; and provided further that in the town of Portsmouth to preserve the coastal right-of-way for highway purposes, Park Avenue, Point Road, and Hummock Avenue including the "Cove Bridge� shall not be returned to the jurisdiction of the town of Portsmouth and shall remain the responsibility of the state.

Legislative History

P.L. 1988, ch. 633, § 4; P.L. 1989, ch. 459, § 1.