NY Hwy L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 2 - Commissioner of Transportation 11 - Maps, Plans, Specifications and Estimates.

§   11.  Maps,  plans,  specifications  and  estimates.  Whenever  the   commissioner  of  transportation  shall   have   determined   upon   the   construction  or  improvement of a state highway, or section thereof, he   shall make or cause to be made surveys, and suitable  preliminary  maps,   plans  and  specifications.  The  commissioner  shall have the following   powers and duties in respect to such highways:1. He shall cause the highway or section thereof so determined  to  be   improved to be mapped both in outline and profile.2.  He  may provide for a deviation from the line of a highway already   existing, if thereby a shorter or more direct  highway,  or  a  lessened   gradient  may  be  obtained  without  decreasing  the  usefulness of the   highway.  If such deviation requires the consequential relocation of any   tracks and appurtenances of a railroad company, he may acquire  adequate   right of way to provide for the relocation of the highway as well as the   railroad  tracks, pursuant to section thirty of this chapter, and he may   enter into a written agreement with the owner of the  lands  from  which   the  tracks  shall  be  relocated  to  exchange such lands for the lands   acquired for their relocation. The work of relocating the tracks may  be   done  by  the  owner,  and  the commissioner of transportation is hereby   empowered to enter into an agreement with the owner for the  performance   of  all  or  any  part of the work at the expense of the state, and such   expense shall be deemed to be a part of the cost of  the  relocation  of   the highway.3. He may provide for the widening of an existing highway.4.  He shall cause to be prepared preliminary plans and specifications   for the construction or improvement of such highway or  section  thereof   providing  for  a  telford, macadam or gravel roadway, or other suitable   construction, taking into consideration climate, soil and  materials  to   be had in the vicinity thereof, and the extent and nature of the traffic   likely  to  be upon such highway, specifying in his judgment the kind of   highway a wise economy demands.5. He shall provide in such plans  and  specifications  for  necessary   culverts,  drains,  ditches,  waterways,  embankments,  guard  rails and   retaining walls, and he may also provide for cattle passes  wherever  he   may  deem  them  to  be necessary and suitable in the interest of public   safety and as a traffic precaution.6. He may provide therein for the removal or planting  of  trees,  and   seeding or sodding, within the boundaries of the highway, when necessary   for the preservation thereof.7.  He  may provide therein for the removal of, or the trimming of any   trees within the boundaries of the highway necessary for the convenience   or safety of the public, or the  construction  or  preservation  of  the   highway.8. He shall provide therein for the erection of suitable guide boards.9.  He  may provide for such other work as may be required to complete   the construction or improvement in a proper manner.10. He shall cause  an  estimate  to  be  made  of  the  cost  of  the   construction of such highways or section thereof in accordance with such   plans  and  specifications. In making such estimate he shall cause to be   ascertained and specified with all practical accuracy  the  quantity  of   embankment,  excavation and masonry, the quantity of all materials to be   used and all items of work to be placed under contract.