Sec. 13a-85a. Acquisition of land adjacent to state highways for preservation and enhancement of scenic beauty and development of rest and recreation areas.
Sec. 13a-85a. Acquisition of land adjacent to state highways for preservation
and enhancement of scenic beauty and development of rest and recreation areas.
The Commissioner of Transportation may acquire in the name of the state by purchase
or condemnation, in the same manner and with like powers as authorized and exercised
by said commissioner in acquiring real property for state highway purposes, and may
accept gifts of interests in strips of land for the improvement of such strips of land
necessary for the preservation, restoration and enhancement of scenic beauty adjacent
to state highways, and may acquire land in the manner stated above to develop such
controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent
to state highway rights-of-way as are reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling
public. Said commissioner shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of
this section, which regulations shall not be less restrictive than the standards promulgated
and from time to time amended by the Federal Highway Administrator in respect to
federal aid highways.
(February, 1965, P.A. 445; 1967, P.A. 564, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 86.)
History: 1967 act allowed land acquisition by condemnation, reversing previous provision, allowed land acquisition
for development of rest and recreation areas, sanitary and other facilities to accommodate the traveling public and deleted
provision prohibiting acquisition or regulations of land strips zoned for industrial or commercial use under local ordinances;
1969 act substituted commissioner of transportation for highway commissioner.