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CT Gen Stat § 13a-150 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 238 - Highway Construction and Maintenance|Section 13a-150 - Obligations of towns.

 The obligations for highways constructed under the provisions of part II of chapter 240, imposed under the provisions of sections 13a-144 and 13a-149 upon towns and upon the state, shall be assumed by the towns which accept an allocation of funds under the provisions of said part, except for highways or bridges accepted by the commissioner as state highways or bridges.(1949 Rev., S. 2175; 1958 Rev., S. 13-62; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 150.)History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history.Cited. 128 C. 711.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-151 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 238 - Highway Construction and Maintenance|Section 13a-151 - Violation of load capacity of bridge. Liability for damages to vehicle not in violation.

 (a) The crossing or attempted crossing of any bridge posted with a maximum weight limit notice, as required by section 13a-121, by a vehicle having a gross weight in excess of the stated maximum safe load shall constitute reckless driving by the operator of such vehicle and the owner of such vehicle shall be liable to the authority bound to maintain such bridge for any damage to the structure resulting from the passage or attempted passage of such vehicle.(b) The authority having control of any bridge shall be responsible for any damage sustained by reason of the passage of any vehicle having a gross weight not in excess of the maximum weight prescribed in the notice provided for in section 13a-121, provided such vehicle shall not be operated at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit for such bridge while crossing such bridge.(1949 Rev., S. 2186, 2188; 1955, S. 1189d; 1958 Rev., S. 13-73, 13-75; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 151; 395.)History: 1963 acts changed proviso in Subsec. (b) from speed in excess of 25 miles per hour to in excess of posted speed limit and restated previous provisions: See title history.See Sec. 14-269(c) re maximum weight of vehicle allowed to operate on any highway or bridge.When read with Sec. 14-222, amounts to a penal statute; where there was no evidence that the sign on the bridge was legible for 50 feet, defendants were not proven guilty of reckless driving beyond a reasonable doubt. 24 CS 155.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-153 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 238 - Highway Construction and Maintenance|Section 13a-153 - State liability for bridle paths, pedestrian walks and bicycle paths and injuries thereon.

 (a) No person, firm or corporation performing or engaged in performing work under the provisions of section 13a-141 or contributing any labor, services, supplies or materials in connection therewith shall have any claim against the state either (1) for compensation or payment for such labor, services, supplies or materials, except to the extent that funds for the payment thereof have been deposited with the commissioner as provided in said section, or (2) for any injuries or damages to person or property suffered or incurred while performing such work or in connection therewith.(b) Each person, firm or corporation using the pedestrian walks, bicycle paths, bridle paths, entrances or exits provided for in section 13a-141, 13a-141a or 13a-142e, or using any lane or other part or facility of any highway, road, bridge or parking facility provided by the state for bicycle traffic or using the walk or path connections provided for in section 13a-142, shall do so at his, her or its own risk, and no liability shall accrue to the state or any agency, including the Route 11 Greenway Authority Commission created under section 13a-142e, or employee of the state for any injuries or damages to any person or property which may result, either directly or indirectly, from the use of such walks, paths, entrances, exits or connections.(1949 Rev., S. 2244, 2245; 1958 Rev., S. 13-130, 13-131; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 153; 1969, P.A. 643, S. 2; P.A. 75-305, S. 1, 2; P.A. 05-131, S. 1.)History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act included pedestrian and bicycle walks and paths; P.A. 75-305 added reference to Sec. 13a-141a and to lanes or parts of highways, roads, bridges or parking facilities for bicycle traffic in Subsec. (b); P.A. 05-131 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 13a-142e and adding “including the Route 11 Greenway Authority Commission created under section 13a-142e”.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-153g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 238 - Highway Construction and Maintenance|Section 13a-153g - Design standards for roads.

 Not later than July 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Transportation shall update design standards for roads in the state. Such design standards shall include, as appropriate, the standards contained within the National Association of City Transportation Officials Urban Bikeway Design Guide and the National Association of City Transportation Officials Urban Street Design Guide.(P.A. 15-41, S. 4; P.A. 17-230, S. 17.)History: P.A. 15-41 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 17-230 added provision requiring commissioner to update design standards for roads in the state and made conforming changes.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-162b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 239 - Tolls|Section 13a-162b - Special Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways Fund.

 (a) There is established and created a fund to be known as the “Special Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways Fund”. Such fund may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in such fund and shall be held by the State Treasurer separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Investment earnings credited to the assets of such fund shall become part of the assets of such fund. Any balance remaining in such fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in such fund for the fiscal year next succeeding.(b) The State Treasurer shall apply the resources in the Special Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways Fund, upon their receipt, first, to pay or provide for the payment of any cost associated with the removal of toll booths and the reconstruction of the toll plazas on such parkways.(c) Any remaining resources of said fund shall be applied and expended for the maintenance and repair of such parkways.(P.A. 86-391, S. 7, 9–12; P.A. 87-453, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-407, S. 15, 42.)History: P.A. 87-453 amended Subsec. (d) by changing the date from which funds collected from the tolls on the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways are to be credited to the Special Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways Fund from July 1, 1987, to July 2, 1987, and by requiring the treasurer to credit to such fund an amount equal to the amount received from such tolls during the period from April 1, 1987, to July 2, 1987, inclusive; P.A. 91-407 deleted Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d) re collection of tolls and the removal of toll plazas on the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways, relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-163 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-163 - Payment for highway improvements.

 The Comptroller, upon receipt of a certificate from the Commissioner of Transportation certifying the completion of any improvement, shall draw his order on the Treasurer in payment for the improvement as certified. The Treasurer shall pay such order from funds provided for that purpose. All appropriations made for the improvement of highways or bridges and all funds available under any statutory provision for such purpose without specific appropriation shall be held for such purpose until used by the commissioner.(1949 Rev., S. 2202; 1958 Rev., S. 13-88; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 163; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 111.)History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation.See Sec. 13b-61 re moneys used for highway improvements.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-164 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-164 - Temporary use of funds by commissioner.

 Upon application in writing by the Commissioner of Transportation, the Comptroller may authorize the temporary use by the commissioner of any unexpended balance or part thereof of any specific appropriation or any other funds applied without any specific appropriation for or to be used by the Department of Transportation, and such use may be for any purpose for which the commissioner is authorized to expend any money of the state, provided, in case of any funds received from the federal government under the provisions of any act of the Congress providing for federal aid to states for highways, or from towns or railway companies under statutory provisions concerning the construction of bridges on state highways, the amount of such unexpended balance so transferred shall be carried to the credit of the specific appropriation from which such funds have been taken or transferred.(1949 Rev., S. 2195; 1958 Rev., S. 13-80; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 164; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 112.)History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act replaced highway commissioner and department with commissioner and department of transportation.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-165 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-165 - Federal aid for highways.

 This state having assented to the provisions of the act of the Congress approved July 11, 1916, entitled “An Act to Provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes”, the Commissioner of Transportation is authorized (a) to set aside, from time to time, from any sums appropriated for the improvement of state highways in the state, a sufficient sum to make available to this state the amounts apportioned to it for the construction and maintenance of highways under federal law and to enable the state to carry out and conform with the provisions of federal law with respect thereto, (b) to apply for and to obtain moneys, grants or other benefits from the United States or any agency thereof in connection with roads, bridges or highways and (c) to approve all programs, conclude all agreements, accept all deeds, make all claims for payment, certify all matters and do any and all other acts and things necessary or desirable to meet the requirements of and obtain such moneys, grants or benefits from the United States or any agency thereof.(1949 Rev., S. 2260; 1958 Rev., S. 13-141; 1959, P.A. 132, S. 10; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 165; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 113.)History: 1959 act added Subdivs. (b) and (c); 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-165a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-165a - Acceptance of municipal grants for federal-aid highway projects.

 In the performance of his powers and duties under section 13a-165, the Commissioner of Transportation may accept on behalf of the state any grant offered or made available to him by any municipality for the purpose of financing the state share of a proposed federal-aid highway project.(P.A. 77-312, S. 1, 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 13a-166 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-166 - Federal grants recorded as receivables.

 In accordance with procedures promulgated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purpose of supplementing the financing of the aggregate cost of construction of any highway or bridge, including planning, design and preliminary engineering, or the purchase of land in connection therewith financed in part by federal grants under the provisions of federal law the State Comptroller is authorized to record as receivables that portion of the federal grant apportionment to the state required to finance the federal share of the proposed project upon authorization of the proposed project by the Federal Highway Administration; and such amount, after deduction therefrom of such part of said federal share as may have been provided for under any appropriation available pursuant to part III of this chapter, is deemed to be appropriated for said purposes. No grant from the federal government that is recorded as a receivable pursuant to this section shall require allotment, unless there is a notice by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the state agency receiving such funding has failed to consistently provide the notifications required in subsection (e) of section 4-66a.(1957, P.A. 473, S. 1; March, 1958, P.A. 6, S. 1; 1958 Rev., S. 13-81; 1959, P.A. 132, S. 12; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 166; P.A. 73-675, S. 24, 44; P.A. 74-342, S. 20, 43; P.A. 75-568, S. 19, 45; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 97-131, S 4, 5.)History: 1959 act added authorization of project in cases of preliminary engineering to list of grants which may be recorded as receivables and added deduction provision in last clause; 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 73-675 replaced highway fund with transportation fund and federal bureau of public roads with federal highway administration; P.A. 74-342 substituted “part III of this chapter” for reference to Sec. 13a-182; P.A. 75-568 deleted reference to transportation fund; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 97-131 added “planning, design and preliminary engineering”, added provision that no grant from federal government recorded as a receivable pursuant to section shall require allotment unless there is notice from the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that the receiving agency has failed consistently to provide notification under Sec. 4-66a(e), and made technical changes, effective June 13, 1997.See Sec. 3-39a re funds recorded as receivables.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-167 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-167 - State payment for restoration of flood-damaged municipal highways and bridges.

 Obsolete.(November, 1955, S. N151-N156; 1958 Rev., S. 13-52; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 167.)
CT Gen Stat § 13a-175a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-175a - Allocation of funds. Approval of use of funds for other purposes.

 (a) For each fiscal year there shall be allocated twelve million five hundred thousand dollars out of the funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation, or from any other source, not otherwise prohibited by law, to be used by the towns for construction, reconstruction, improvement or maintenance of highways, sections of highways, bridges or structures incidental to highways and bridges or the improvement thereof, including the plowing of snow, the sanding of icy pavements, the trimming and removal of trees, the installation, replacement and maintenance of traffic signs, signals and markings, and for traffic control and vehicular safety programs, traffic and parking planning and administration, and other purposes and programs related to highways, traffic and parking, and for the purposes of providing and operating essential public transportation services and related facilities.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in the secretary's discretion, may approve the use of funds by a town for purposes other than those enumerated in said subsection (a).(1967, P.A. 701, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 114; P.A. 73-5, S. 1, 4; P.A. 77-567, S. 1, 4; P.A. 78-160, S. 1, 3; P.A. 81-463, S. 1, 10; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 41; P.A. 13-247, S. 96.)History: 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 73-5 included in purposes of allocation the provision and operation of essential public transportation services and facilities; P.A. 77-567 increased allocation from $12,000,000 to $13,600,000 and provided that allocation come from transportation department appropriations rather than from funds received from commissioner of motor vehicles; P.A. 78-160 increased allocation to $14,600,000; P.A. 81-463 repealed requirement that the commissioner supervise the use of funds by towns unless a town requests the commissioner not to furnish supervision; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended section to change amount allocated to towns for specified purposes from $14,600,000 to $12,500,000, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 13-247 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re use of funds for other purposes with approval of Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, effective July 1, 2013.See Sec. 13a-175j re emergency aid to repair damage resulting from natural disaster.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-175c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-175c - Allocation of sums from the General Fund to insure that towns receive no less than under prior law.

 There shall be allocated from the resources of the General Fund, for distribution to the several towns, such sums as required to insure that none of said towns shall be allocated for any fiscal year less than the amount allocated to such towns for the fiscal year 1966-67 pursuant to section 13a-169 prior to July 1, 1967.(1967, P.A. 701, S. 3; P.A. 73-675, S. 25, 44; P.A. 74-342, S. 21, 43; P.A. 75-567, S. 43, 80.)History: P.A. 73-675 replaced highway fund with transportation fund; P.A. 74-342 clarified provisions; P.A. 75-567 replaced transportation fund with general fund.See Sec. 13a-175j re emergency aid to repair damage resulting from natural disaster.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-175d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-175d - Funds for improvement of dirt and unimproved roads.

 There shall be allocated from funds appropriated to the Commissioner of Transportation for town-aid grants for roads the sum of one million dollars annually, to be distributed pro rata to the towns in the state on the basis of the total mileage of unimproved highways in each town, for the improvement or maintenance of dirt and unimproved roads, including bridges on such roads, and if approved by the commissioner and the selectmen in such town, any portion of said sum distributed to such town in excess of the amount used for the purposes as provided in this section may be used for the purposes of the allocation provided under section 13a-175a. The commissioner and the selectmen of each town shall ascertain the number of miles of such unimproved highway in such town. If the commissioner and the selectmen of any town are unable to agree on the number of miles of unimproved highway in such town, the commissioner shall determine the number of miles of unimproved highway in such town. Any town aggrieved by such determination by the commissioner may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.(1967, P.A. 701, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 116; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 5; 870, S. 111; P.A. 73-675, S. 26, 44; P.A. 75-324, S. 1, 2; 75-568, S. 20, 45; P.A. 76-436, S. 340, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 29, 125; P.A. 81-463, S. 2, 10.)History: 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; 1971 acts made appeals on “return day not less than twelve nor more than thirty days after service thereof” rather than on “next return day or the next but one to which such appeal may be returnable” and replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 73-675 replaced highway fund with transportation fund; P.A. 75-324 included maintenance of dirt or unimproved roads in allocation purposes and permitted use of excess funds for purposes of Sec. 13a-175a; P.A. 75-568 replaced transportation fund reference with reference to “funds appropriated to the commissioner of transportation for town-aid grants for roads”; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 made appeals in accordance with Sec. 4-183, replacing previous provision; P.A. 81-463 repealed requirement that the commissioner supervise the use of funds by towns unless a town requests the commissioner not to furnish supervision.See Sec. 13a-175j re emergency aid to repair damage resulting from natural disaster.Cited. 14 CA 77.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-175e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-175e - Distribution of funds. Agreements for expenditure of funds.

 (a) Said sums shall be distributed to each town under the provisions of this part, semiannually, one-half during July and one-half during January of each year, provided the amount of each such distribution shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of all such distributions exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of section 13a-175d.(b) Upon approval by the Governor of the annual appropriation act, a town may enter into agreements for the expenditure of funds allocated under sections 13a-175a, 13a-175d and 13a-175i, for construction, improvement or maintenance of highways or improvement or maintenance of dirt and unimproved roads, provided the cost of such construction, improvement or maintenance shall not exceed the sum to be distributed to such town, pursuant to this part during July of the fiscal year to which such appropriation act relates, and provided the terms of such agreements shall not require any payments to be made before July first of such fiscal year.(1967, P.A. 701, S. 5; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 117; P.A. 80-295, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-463, S. 3, 10; 81-472, S. 18, 159; P.A. 93-80, S. 47, 67.)History: 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 80-295 added Subsec. (b) re towns' entering on agreements for expenditure of allocated funds; P.A. 81-463 repealed provision in Subsec. (a) that sums distributable to towns could be taken by towns in the form of highway materials, or in services under agreements between the commissioner and a town; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 93-80 amended Subsec. (a) to require amount of each distribution to be reduced proportionately in the event that the total of all distributions exceeds the amount appropriated for the purposes of Sec. 13a-175d, effective July 1, 1993.
CT Gen Stat § 13a-175f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 13a - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 240 - Highway Financing|Section 13a-175f - Purchase of materials by Transportation Department and towns. Commissioner to test materials.

 The Commissioner of Transportation upon reasonable request of the selectmen or other authority having charge of highways of any town shall allow such town to join with the department in the purchase of materials used for the laying out, construction, repair, reconstruction or maintenance of any highway or bridge. The commissioner shall conduct such tests as are necessary to insure the quality of such materials.(1967, P.A. 701, S. 9; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 118; P.A. 81-463, S. 4, 10.)History: 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 81-463 repealed requirement that the commissioner, upon request of a town, furnish supervision, inspectors and engineers for purposes connected with the laying out, construction and maintenance of highways and bridges and added provisions requiring the commissioner to perform quality testing of materials used for such purposes and allowing towns to join with the department in the purchase of such materials.See Sec. 13b-31 re Transportation Commissioner's authority to furnish supervision, inspectors and engineers to assist towns in highway and bridge projects.