CHAPTER 3. PETITION FOR PUBLIC HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
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Chapter 3. Petition for Public Highway Improvement
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Plans and specifications for improvements
Sec. 1. Ten (10) or more resident freeholders may petition the
county executive for assistance in grading any public highway
connecting at either end with a county or state highway, connecting
with any highway improved under this chapter, or connecting with
the boundaries of any municipality. If the executive determines that
it would be a public utility to grade and drain the highway, the
executive shall order the engineer to survey the highway and prepare
plans and specifications for its improvement. The plans and
specifications must show:
(1) the profile, grade, and cross-section of the old and new
roadway at least at each one hundred (100) feet, that the
roadway shall be graded to a width of twenty (20) feet between
the inside of ditches (except where physical conditions make
that width impossible) and that the roadway shall have a
cross-section crown of eight (8) inches, and a grade not to
exceed six percent (6%);
(2) the design of any necessary supplemental road parts; and
(3) the method of grading and finishing the roadway.
(Formerly: Acts 1921, c.178, s.1.) As amended by P.L.66-1984,
SEC.114; P.L.11-1987, SEC.15; P.L.86-1988, SEC.158.
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Improvements in accord with plans and specifications
Sec. 2. After establishment of grades and receipt of the plans and
specifications from the engineer, the petitioners, at their own
expense, and under the direction of the engineer, shall improve the
road according to plans and specifications.
(Formerly: Acts 1921, c.178, s.2.) As amended by P.L.86-1988,
SEC.159.
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Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.86-1988, SEC.227.)
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Report of completion
Sec. 4. When the grading and draining is completed in accordance
with the plans and specifications, the engineer shall report in writing
to the county executive, who shall accept the improved highway.
After acceptance, the highway shall be maintained by the county.
(Formerly: Acts 1921, c.178, s.4.) As amended by P.L.86-1988,
SEC.160.
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Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.86-1988, SEC.227.)