Sec. 13b-293. (Formerly Sec. 16-120). Maintenance of changed highway.
Sec. 13b-293. (Formerly Sec. 16-120). Maintenance of changed highway.
When the Commissioner of Transportation, in accepting the layout of any railroad company, has in such acceptance provided that portions of such railroad shall not be constructed until certain highways have been relocated or changed by such company, and
the obligation of repairing or maintaining the whole or any part of such highways is
imposed upon any person or corporation other than the town, city or borough within
which such highway may be located, such provision shall be binding upon the company
and it shall maintain and repair such highway in the same manner and to the same extent
that such other person or corporation was bound to repair and maintain the same before
such relocation or change. Any such company may use the material and abutments of
any existing bridge in the old highway in the construction of a bridge in the substituted
highway and shall provide suitable temporary accommodations for public travel over
the old highway until the new highway is completed and shall be solely responsible for
injuries resulting from its negligence in the matter of such temporary accommodations.
The selectmen of any such town may discontinue such parts of the old highway as in
their judgment are not of public convenience and necessity.
(1949 Rev., S. 5505; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610; P.A. 00-148, S. 39; P.A. 01-105, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 75-486 substituted "public utilities control authority" for "public utilities commission", effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 substituted "commissioner of transportation" for "public utilities control authority", effective
January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-120 transferred to Sec. 13b-293; (Revisor's note: P.A. 00-148 repealed Secs. 13b-247,
13b-255 to 13b-259, inclusive, 13b-266 and 13b-306 and, in so doing, specifically required the Revisors to delete references
to said repealed sections in certain sections of the general statutes, including this section; the Revisors were unable to
delete a reference to Sec. 13b-256 from this section without making unauthorized substantive changes to the statute); P.A.
01-105 deleted provision which had authorized the taking of land as provided in Sec. 13b-256.
Annotation to former section 16-120:
When the jurisdiction of railroad commissioners and municipal authorities conflict, the commissioners prevail. 66
C. 222.