§ 24-8-19 - Designation and maintenance of detours.
SECTION 24-8-19
§ 24-8-19 Designation and maintenance ofdetours. – (a) Whenever it is necessary for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing,or repairing state roads to close such roads to the traveling public, thedepartment of transportation shall provide suitable detours, and when roadsother than state roads are designated by the department of transportation asdetours, then the other roads shall be maintained in reasonably good conditionby the department of transportation during their use as detours, and for thepurpose of providing and maintaining the detours, may expend in the aggregatefrom appropriations available for the construction, reconstruction or repair, asum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) annually and the statecontroller is hereby directed to draw his or her orders upon the generaltreasurer for the payment of so much thereof as may be from time to timerequired upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.
(b) The designation and use as a detour of any road otherthan a state road, and the maintenance of another road so used shall in no waybe construed as acceptance as a state road, and the other road shall not comeunder the supervision of the department of transportation except for use as adetour as provided in this section.