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RI Gen L § 24-2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-2 - Highways by Grant or Use|Section 24-2-8 - Acceptance and opening of highway on land specially granted.

§ 24-2-8. Acceptance and opening of highway on land specially granted.Except as otherwise provided by special act concerning particular cities and towns, whenever the owner of any land shall make a deed thereof to the town in which the land lies, for the especial purpose of being used and improved as a public highway, and the deed shall have been duly acknowledged and recorded, the land shall be thenceforward a public highway to all intents and purposes, and be liable to be opened by the town council of the town where the land shall lie, in the same manner as highways which are laid out by the town council; but no town shall be liable to repair a highway, until the town council thereof shall decree and order that the highway shall be repaired at the expense of the town.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 25; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 24-2-8.
RI Gen L § 24-2-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-2 - Highways by Grant or Use|Section 24-2-8.1 - Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system in town of Charlestown.

§ 24-2-8.1. Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system in town of Charlestown.(a) The town of Charlestown shall be permitted to utilize the below listed procedure to provide for the acceptance and upgrading of highways not yet accepted into the town's highway system:(1) Owners of land fronting on an existing means of ingress and egress to their property which has not been accepted into the town highway system may make application to the town council for acceptance by the town of the access into the town's highway system.(2) The application must be signed by seventy-five percent (75%) of the owners of land with frontage on the access presented for acceptance.(3) The access presented for acceptance must be connectable to an accepted town highway or a highway maintained by the state.(a) (4) (i) Upon receipt of application, the town will obtain an estimate of cost to create from the access a highway to be accepted by the town into the town highway system.(ii) The town shall provide the applicants with a copy of the estimate.(5) To have the access improved or a road constructed by the town the applicants shall agree by written contract to the following:(i) To repay the town for the cost of construction or improvement as outlined in the estimate provided them. Repayment to the town shall not exceed fifteen (15) years and shall be repaid with interest not to exceed the "prime rate" at the date of contract.(ii) The percentage of repayment of the total estimate for each landowner shall be based on the frontage owned by the landowner divided by the total frontage on both sides of the access.(iii) The repayment agreement shall be binding on the landowner's heirs and assigns, shall be recorded on the land records of the town, shall create a tax lien against the land until fully repaid and shall be collectable on nonpayment under the provisions of chapter 9 of title 44.(iv) The landowner shall deed to the town the land necessary for construction or improvement as the town shall designate.(v) Upon completion of the obligations of the applicants and the recording of the repayment contract the town shall contract for the construction or improvements outlined in the estimate and shall accept the improved highway into the town highway system and shall be liable for the mending and repairing of the highway.(vi) The town shall be entitled during construction or improvement of the access into an acceptable town highway to use those portions of the applying landowner's property as needed to construct or improve the highway without payment of compensation to the landowner.(b) This section shall not be construed to limit the town from exercising any of its rights under law and is intended only to provide a mechanism to provide landowners with a means of upgrading access to their property and repaying the town over an agreed period of time at an agreed interest rate.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 180, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-2-8.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-2 - Highways by Grant or Use|Section 24-2-8.2 - Repealed.

§ 24-2-8.2. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 481, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 57, effective June 18, 1986. For present similar provisions of law, see § 24-2-8.1.
RI Gen L § 24-2-8.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-2 - Highways by Grant or Use|Section 24-2-8.3 - Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system in town of Richmond.

§ 24-2-8.3. Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system in town of Richmond.(a) The town of Richmond shall be permitted to utilize the below listed procedure to provide for the acceptance and upgrading of highways not yet accepted into the town's highway system:(1) Owners of land fronting on an existing means of ingress and egress to their property which has not been accepted into the town highway system may make application to the town council for acceptance by the town of the access into the town's highway system.(2) The application must be signed by sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66⅔%) of the owners of land with frontage on the access presented for acceptance.(3) The access presented for acceptance must be connectable to an accepted town highway or a highway maintained by the state.(a) (4) (i) Upon receipt of application, the town will obtain an estimate of cost to create from the access a highway to be accepted by the town into the town highway system.(ii) The town shall provide the applicants with a copy of the estimate.(5) To have the access improved or a road constructed by the town the applicants shall agree by written contract to the following:(i) To repay the town for the cost of construction or improvement as outlined in the estimate provided them. Repayment to the town shall not exceed fifteen (15) years and shall be repaid with interest not to exceed the "prime rate" at the date of contract.(ii) The percentage of repayment of the total estimate for each landowner shall be based on the frontage owned by the landowner divided by the total frontage on both sides of the access.(iii) The repayment agreement shall be binding on the landowner's heirs and assigns, shall be recorded on the land records of the town, shall create a tax lien against the land until fully repaid and shall be collectable on nonpayment under the provisions of chapter 9 of title 44.(iv) The landowner shall deed to the town the land necessary for construction or improvement as the town shall designate.(v) Upon completion of the obligations of the applicants and the recording of the repayment contract the town shall contract for the construction or improvements outlined in the estimate and shall accept the improved highway into the town highway system and shall be liable for the mending and repairing of the highway.(vi) The town shall be entitled during construction or improvement of the access into an acceptable town highway to use those portions of the applying landowner's property as needed to construct or improve the highway without payment of compensation to the landowner.(b) This section shall not be construed to limit the town from exercising any of its rights under law and is intended only to provide a mechanism to provide landowners with a means of upgrading access to their property and repaying the town over an agreed period of time at an agreed interest rate.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 485, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-2-8.5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-2 - Highways by Grant or Use|Section 24-2-8.5 - Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system in town of West Warwick.

§ 24-2-8.5. Acceptance and upgrading of access into highway system in town of West Warwick.(a) The town of West Warwick is permitted to utilize the below listed procedure to provide for the acceptance and upgrading of highways not yet accepted into the town's highway system:(1) Owners of land fronting on an existing means of ingress and egress to their property which has not been accepted into the town highway system may make application to the town council for acceptance by the town of the access into the town's highway system.(2) The application must be signed by sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66⅔%) of the owners of land with frontage on the access presented for acceptance.(3) The access presented for acceptance must be connectable to an accepted town highway or a highway maintained by the state.(a) (4) (i) Upon receipt of application, the town will obtain an estimate of cost to create from the access a highway to be accepted by the town into the town highway system.(ii) The town shall provide the applicants with a copy of the estimate.(5) To have the access improved or a road constructed by the town the applicants shall agree by written contract to the following:(i) To repay the town for the cost of construction or improvement as outlined in the estimate provided them. Repayment to the town shall not exceed fifteen (15) years and shall be repaid with interest not to exceed the "prime rate" at the date of contract.(ii) The percentage of repayment of the total estimate for each landowner shall be based on the frontage owned by the landowner divided by the total frontage on both sides of the access.(iii) The repayment agreement shall be binding on the landowner's heirs and assigns, shall be recorded on the land records of the town, shall create a tax lien against the land until fully repaid and shall be collectable on nonpayment under the provisions of chapter 9 of title 44.(iv) The landowner shall deed to the town the land necessary for construction or improvement as the town shall designate.(v) Upon completion of the obligations of the applicants and the recording of the repayment contract the town shall contract for the construction or improvements outlined in the estimate and shall accept the improved highway into the town highway system and shall be liable for the mending and repairing of the highway.(vi) The town is entitled during construction or improvement of the access into an acceptable town highway to use those portions of the applying landowner's property as needed to construct or improve the highway without payment of compensation to the landowner.(b) This section shall not be construed to limit the town from exercising any of its rights under law and is intended only to provide a mechanism to provide landowners with a means of upgrading access to their property and repaying the town over an agreed period of time at an agreed interest rate.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 400, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-2 - Highways by Grant or Use|Section 24-2-9 - Common law rights and remedies preserved.

§ 24-2-9. Common law rights and remedies preserved.Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to hinder or prevent the public from acquiring, by dedication or user, lands or any interests in lands for highways or other public uses, according to the course of the common law, or to take away or abridge any legal or equitable remedy by the common or the general law provided in cases of injuries to, or obstructions to, the enjoyment of lands, or in any interest in lands thus or otherwise by law acquired by the public, or devoted to public uses.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 26; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 24-2-9.
RI Gen L § 24-2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-2 - Highways by Grant or Use|Section 24-2-10 - Liability of town for maintenance of highways.

§ 24-2-10. Liability of town for maintenance of highways.Nothing contained in § 24-2-9 shall be so construed as to render any town liable for the mending and repairing of any highway, unless the highway shall have been declared to be a public highway by the town council of the town wherein it lies.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 27; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 24-2-10.
RI Gen L § 24-3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns|Section 24-3-1 - Power to mark out, widen or relocate municipal roads.

§ 24-3-1. Power to mark out, widen or relocate municipal roads.Town councils may mark out, relay, widen, straighten, or change the location of the whole of or any part of any municipal road, whether laid out by the state or otherwise, except the highways on both sides of the Woonasquatucket River directed to be laid out by chapter 362 of the Public Laws, passed at the January session of the general assembly in the year 1861; and thereupon like proceedings shall be had in all respects, so far as the same are applicable, including appeals, as are provided in this chapter in case of taking land and ascertaining damages to the owners of lands taken in laying out or in case of the abandonment of highways.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 28; P.L. 1903, ch. 1106, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 24-3-1; P.L. 1988, ch. 633, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns|Section 24-3-2 - Repealed.

§ 24-3-2. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 29; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 29; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 24-3-2; Repealed by P.L. 1988, ch. 633, § 2, effective July 1, 1988.
RI Gen L § 24-3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns|Section 24-3-3 - Hearing on enlargement or relocation in towns - Commissioners of estimate and assessment.

§ 24-3-3. Hearing on enlargement or relocation in towns — Commissioners of estimate and assessment.Whenever the town council of any town named in § 24-3-17, shall adjudge it to be necessary to lay out, enlarge, straighten, improve, or alter any street or highway, or any part thereof, in the town, the council may cause the same to be done in the manner following: Whenever any lands shall be required for the purpose aforesaid, and the town council shall be of the opinion that any estates will be specially benefited thereby, the council shall, after notice to all persons interested, which notice shall specify the time and place of the meetings of the council and the nature and extent of the intended improvement, and after hearing all persons who desire to be heard in the matter, appoint not less than three (3) nor more than five (5) discreet and disinterested persons as commissioners of estimate and assessment, who may be residents and taxpayers in the town; and the council may at the same time determine that a portion of the damage occasioned by taking any real estate for the aforesaid purpose, not exceeding three-fourths (¾) thereof, shall be assessed upon the owners of estates which the commissioners shall find will be specially benefited by making the proposed improvement, whether any part of the estates are taken for the improvement or not; provided, that the owners shall not be assessed in any case beyond the amount that the commissioners shall consider their estates to be specially benefited thereby. The commissioners, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall be severally engaged to the faithful discharge of the trust and duties required of them.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 32; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 35; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 35; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 35; G.L. 1956, § 24-3-3; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 54.
RI Gen L § 24-3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns|Section 24-3-4 - Assessment of benefits and damages in cities.

§ 24-3-4. Assessment of benefits and damages in cities.Whenever the city council of any city shall adjudge it to be necessary to lay out, enlarge, straighten, improve or alter any street or highway, or any part thereof, in the city, and any lands shall be required for the purpose aforesaid, and the city council shall be of the opinion that any estates will be specially benefited thereby, and the city council shall determine what portion of the damage occasioned by taking any real estate for the aforesaid purpose, not exceeding three-fourths (¾) thereof, shall be assessed upon the owners of estates which the commissioners appointed under this chapter shall find to be specially benefited by making the proposed improvement, whether any part of the estates are taken for the improvement or not (provided, that the owners shall not be assessed in any case beyond the amount that the commissioners shall consider their estates to be specially benefited thereby), the city council of the city shall thereupon proceed in the same manner and with the same powers and authority as is given to town councils in § 24-3-3.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 33; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 36; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 36; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 24-3-4.
RI Gen L § 24-3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns|Section 24-3-5 - Commissioners' estimate and report.

§ 24-3-5. Commissioners' estimate and report.The commissioners shall cause a survey and plat of the proposed alteration to be made; and shall cause notice to be given to all persons interested in the lands to be taken or in the improvement to be made, and to all persons who are owners of lands which, in the opinion of the commissioners, will be benefited by the proposed alterations, of the time and place of making an estimate of the value of the property so required to be taken, and of the special benefits to be conferred by making the alterations; and at the time and place appointed in the notice, the commissioners shall proceed to make a just estimate of the amount of the damage occasioned to the respective owners, lessees, parties, or persons entitled to or interested in the lands taken for the alteration, and also a just estimate of the value of the special benefits, if any, caused thereby, to the several owners of lands not required for the proposed improvements, but which will, in the opinion of the commissioners, be benefited thereby; and the commissioners shall report thereon to the town council or city council without unnecessary delay. The commissioners shall set forth in the report the names of the owners of, and persons in any way interested in, any of the land taken for the proposed improvement, so far as the names can be ascertained, and a description or designation of the several parcels thereof, with the damage and benefit to each respectively. The commissioners shall further apportion and assess a portion of the damage and cost of improvements as the town or city council may have directed, ascertained as provided, upon the owners of the estate so specially benefited, in proportion to the special benefits conferred; provided, that the amount of the assessment shall not exceed the amount of the special benefits, ascertained as provided.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 34; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 37; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 37; G.L. 1956, § 24-3-5.
RI Gen L § 24-3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns|Section 24-3-6 - Filing and notice of report.

§ 24-3-6. Filing and notice of report.The town council or city council shall, within fourteen (14) days after the making of a report, cause personal notice to be served upon all persons named in the report, residing in the state, and shall also cause a copy of the notice to be published, as provided in § 24-3-7, to the effect that the report has been filed in the clerk's office, and that any person aggrieved by the report must file, with the clerk of the superior court for the county where the town or city is situated, a notice in writing of his or her intention to claim a jury trial as provided in § 24-3-8; and he or she shall also cause a copy of the report to be filed with the clerk of the superior court.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 35; C.P.A. 1905, § 1216; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 38; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 38; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 38; G.L. 1956, § 24-3-6; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 54.
RI Gen L § 24-3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns|Section 24-3-7 - Publication and posting of notices.

§ 24-3-7. Publication and posting of notices.The notice required by §§ 24-3-3 — 24-3-6 in addition to the personal notice, shall be given by publishing the notice once a week for two (2) succeeding weeks in at least two (2) newspapers such as the town council or city council may order; and they shall also cause three (3) or more copies of the notice to be posted in conspicuous public places on or near the place where the proposed improvements are to be made; provided, however, that the first publication of the notice required by § 24-3-6 shall be made within fourteen (14) days after the filing of the report.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 43; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 46; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 46; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 46; G.L. 1956, § 24-3-7.
RI Gen L § 24-3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns|Section 24-3-8 - Jury trial on report.

§ 24-3-8. Jury trial on report.Every person aggrieved by the report of the commissioners shall, within sixty (60) days after the first publication of the notice of the filing of the report named in § 24-3-6, file with the clerk of the superior court a notice in writing of his or her intention to claim a jury trial; and in case the aggrieved person fails to file such notice, he or she shall not be entitled to a jury trial. Any person filing a notice may have a trial by jury before the superior court, to determine the amount of damage and benefit to him or her to be apportioned, upon issues to be for that purpose framed under the direction of the court; and if the person applying for a jury trial shall fail to obtain an increase of damages, or a diminution of the amount of benefit, assessed by the commissioners, the person shall pay all costs arising after the application for a jury and the court shall enter judgment and issue execution therefor; and in other cases the costs shall be paid by the town or city.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 36; C.P.A. 1905, § 1216; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 39; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 39; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 39; G.L. 1956, § 24-3-8.
RI Gen L § 24-3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns|Section 24-3-9 - Election by council to make or discontinue improvements.

§ 24-3-9. Election by council to make or discontinue improvements.The town or city council shall, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the first publication of notice required by § 24-3-8, elect whether or not they will make improvements, and the town or city council may, at any time before election, discontinue all further proceedings relative thereto, but the town or city, upon the discontinuance, shall be liable for all costs, fees and expenses which shall have accrued; and the court may enter judgment and issue execution therefor as to the costs accrued on an appeal.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 71, § 37; G.L. 1909, ch. 82, § 40; G.L. 1923, ch. 95, § 40; G.L. 1938, ch. 72, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 24-3-9.