Milford chronicle., 1958-12-19
Road Program Of
32-POints Includes
A Cent Gas Hike
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And there is the proposal to dis
continue the Issuance of perma-
nent drivers licenses. The propo-
sal does not say that present per-
manent licenses would be cancelled
but that no more would be given
by the Motor Vehicle Department
Mr.. Haber also proposes De-
partment of Public Works, which
has been discussed the past five
years.
Here are the most important pro-
posals by Mr.. Haber and his ex-
plantations:
An act to amend existing law
relative to dedication of new roads
TO public use.
Under existing law privately con-
structed roads or streets are not
dedicated to public use until con-
struction has been completed. With
this condition the Department
spends considerable money and
time on engineering features of the
projects without assurance that the
streets and roads will be dedicated
to public use. The law should be
strengthened to require that a
property owner express his intent
in writing to the Department that
the streets will be constructed in
accordance with State Highway De-
partment plans, specifications and
standards, and that the streets or
roads will be dedicated to public
use.
An act to provide that the de-
partment may adopt rules and reg
ulations relative to use of highways
and the operation of all vehicles
on same and providing penalties
for violations of such rules and
regulations.
The existing law is amended by
adding the penalty clause to
strengthen the effectiveness of
rules and regulations made by the
department.
An act to provide that unexpend-
ed maintenance and construction
will Tot revert to the General Fund
at the end of each year of the bien-
MUM.
An act to amend the Outdoor Ad-
vertising Law to conform to federal
legislation for the interstate sys-
tenn and in addition thereto the
requirement that no advertising
shall be erected or maintained
within 100 feet of any other con-
trolled access facility or approach
es thereto.
An act to amend existing law
relative to controlled access facili-
ties to authorize construction in all
three counties.
Present day conditions make this
act necessary.
An act to amend existing law
relative to speed control.
This bill was prepared and sent
to the speaker of the House during
the 18th General Assembly but
was never introduced. It provided
that the Department should estab-
llsh reasonable and safe speed lin
its with maximums of so mph and
30 mph for passenger vehicles and
trucks respectively on non-con-
trolled access highways and 20
mph and so mph for passenger We
hicles and trucks respectively on
controlled-access facilities. 1t also
provides penalties for violations
of speed limits.
An act 20 amend the law relative
to the performance bonds required
of developers for the completion of
suburban streets.
1t has been recommended, in
part, that the developers be re-
quired to post a performance bond
in the amount of rs per cent of the
estimated cost of the streets in the
development, such bond to be in
effect until the streets are accepted
for maintenance by the depart
meat. At present the amount re-
| quired is 10 per cent.
An act to authorize the sale of
bonds for general highway i'm
provements, construction, etc., in
the sum of $2O,O00,O00.
This issue would be the prime
bond account furnishing the funds