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RI Gen L § 24-8-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-35 - Damage caused by potholes - Claims against the state.

§ 24-8-35. Damage caused by potholes — Claims against the state.If any person shall incur damage to his or her motor vehicle by reason of a pothole on any state highway, causeway, or bridge which damage would not have occurred without the existence of the pothole, he or she may recover from the state the amount of damages sustained up to and not more than the sum of three hundred dollars ($300). All claims shall be made within a period of seven (7) days from the date on which the damage was sustained by filing a written report in a manner prescribed by the director of the department of transportation who shall in all instances make the final determination as to the merits of any claim so submitted. All claims approved by the director shall be paid in full within forty-five (45) days of the final approval. In no instance, however, shall any claim for damage so caused to a motor vehicle registered in a foreign state be considered unless that state has a similar statute affording similar protection to persons owning motor vehicles registered in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 16, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 7, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-36 - Right to administrative appeal.

§ 24-8-36. Right to administrative appeal.Any person, firm, or corporation aggrieved by a decision of the director pursuant to this chapter has the right to an appeal in accordance with the procedures contained within chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 80, § 2.
RI Gen L § 24-8-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-37 - Penalties.

§ 24-8-37. Penalties.Any person, firm, corporation, or municipality who violates any of the provisions of §§ 24-8-32 — 24-8-34 may be enjoined upon a complaint filed by the director in superior court.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 80, § 2.
RI Gen L § 24-8-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-38 - Bristol road striping.

§ 24-8-38. Bristol road striping.The state shall on or before the twenty-seventh day of June of each year cause the center yellow lines in the town of Bristol to be painted red, white, and blue beginning on Hope Street at the intersection of Chestnut Street continuing south on Hope Street to the intersection of High Street and then continuing north on High Street to the intersection of State Street at which point the line shall end.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 165, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-39 - Exit ramp control devices for divided highways.

§ 24-8-39. Exit ramp control devices for divided highways.The department of transportation shall install bidirectional control devices on all new or upgraded ramps exiting from any divided highway within this state. These devices shall be placed at the end of each ramp and shall conform with § 2E-41 of the manual for uniform traffic control devices. The device shall have red and white raised pavement markers that show red to drivers travelling the wrong way and white to drivers travelling the right way.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 54 § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8-40 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-40 - Woonsocket Lincoln Industrial Highway.

§ 24-8-40. Woonsocket Lincoln Industrial Highway.State highway ninety-nine (99) within the town of Lincoln shall henceforth be known as the "Woonsocket Lincoln Industrial Highway."History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 206, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 312, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8-41 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-41 - David Spicer Bridge.

§ 24-8-41. David Spicer Bridge.That part of Route 95 within the city of Providence presently known only as the Route 95 Viaduct shall henceforth be known as the David Spicer Bridge.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 550, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-42 - Emergency management - Lane clearance.

§ 24-8-42. Emergency management — Lane clearance.(a) Whenever any public safety agency through the legitimate exercise of its police powers determines that an emergency is caused by the immobilization of any vehicle(s) on the interstate system or limited access highway, as defined in § 31-1-23(e), resulting in lane blockage and posing a threat to public safety, public safety agencies and those acting at their direction or request shall have emergency authority to move the immobilized vehicle(s).(b) There shall be no liability incurred by any state or local public safety department or agents directed by them whether those agents are public safety personnel or not for damages incurred to the immobilized vehicle(s), its contents or surrounding area caused by the emergency measures employed through the legitimate exercise of the police powers vested in that agency to move the vehicle(s) for the purpose of clearing the lane(s) to remove any threat to public safety.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 202, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 5.
RI Gen L § 24-8-43 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-43 - Alteration of roadways.

§ 24-8-43. Alteration of roadways.(a) Any person, firm or corporation including utilities and contractors who or that alter a roadway that is subject to the provisions of this chapter shall restore that portion of the roadway that was altered to the same or better condition that existed prior to alteration or as required in accordance with the state or municipal permit requirements. Repaving and repair of a roadway by a public utility or utility facility shall be in accordance with and subject to the provisions of chapter 2.2 of title 39.(b) Any alteration of roadways that creates a public safety concern, as determined by the public safety official of the municipality or the state, including the need to move utility poles, shall be corrected by the contractor and/or utility within thirty (30) days of being notified in writing of such public safety concern by the director of the department of transportation.(c) Restoration of any altered roadway shall commence immediately after the completion of the alteration and shall include, if necessary, temporary or intermediate restoration on an ongoing basis to keep the roadway smooth and bump free until the permanent restoration can be completed.(d) Where the alteration involves the installation or upgrading of a traffic signal(s), the signal(s) shall not be activated until the alteration has been substantially completed, as determined by the director of the department of transportation.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 335, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 308, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 170, § 3; P.L. 2019, ch. 234, § 3.
RI Gen L § 24-8-44 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-44 - Gainer Dam bridge and roadway.

§ 24-8-44. Gainer Dam bridge and roadway.The department of transportation shall have full charge and control of the maintenance of the Gainer Dam bridge and roadway, a section of route 12 crossing the Gainer Dam and Scituate Reservoir, and the bridge and roadway are hereby made part of the state highway system. The department of transportation shall appoint such attendants and other employees as may be required for the care and maintenance of the bridge and roadway, and exercise full authority. All appropriations for the care, maintenance, and repair of the bridge and roadway shall be expended under the direction of the department of transportation.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 172, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8-45 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads|Section 24-8-45 - Steel plate use.

§ 24-8-45. Steel plate use.(a) The director of the department of transportation shall establish rules and regulations for the use of steel plates on roadway surfaces used to protect an excavation. At a minimum, the rules and regulations shall consider steel plates designed for the safety of vehicles and pedestrians to include:(1) Steel plates shall withstand traffic loading without movement;(2) When two (2) or more steel plates are used, the plates shall be welded in a manner to eliminate vertical movement;(3) All steel plates shall be marked with the utility or contractor name and contact information;(4) Steel plates shall be installed to extend a minimum of eighteen inches (18") beyond the edge of the excavation;(5) Temporary paving with a cold asphalt mix or installation of other suitably manufactured equipment shall be used to feather the edges of the plate to form a wedged taper to cover the edges of the steel plate;(6) Each corner of the steel plate shall be marked with durable and highly reflective white pavement marking tape no less than four inches (4") in width;(7) The exposed surface area of the steel plate shall be slip resistant when required by the DPW director or other appropriate municipal approval authority; and(8) All signage advising motorists of the steel plate shall be in compliance with the current edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.(b) The director of the department of transportation may authorize use of steel plates on roadway surfaces that fail to comply with subsection (a) in an emergency situation or for public safety purposes.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 184, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 253, § 2.
RI Gen L § 24-8.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8.1 - Relocation of Utility Services|Section 24-8.1-1 - Declaration of policy.

§ 24-8.1-1. Declaration of policy.The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the services rendered by utilities owned by private corporations, private companies, municipalities, political subdivisions, authorities, or agencies of the state are necessary to the public health, welfare, and safety and that any payments made to such utilities for the costs of state initiated relocation thereof incident to the construction of highway projects on the federal aid primary or secondary systems or on the national system of interstate and defense highways, including extensions thereof, are for a public purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 50, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8.1 - Relocation of Utility Services|Section 24-8.1-2 - Relocation of utility facilities necessitated by highway construction.

§ 24-8.1-2. Relocation of utility facilities necessitated by highway construction.Notwithstanding any provision of law or of any charter or statute, general or special, to the contrary, whenever state initiated relocation of utility facilities in the state, owned by private corporations, private companies, municipalities, political subdivisions, authorities, or agencies of the state, whether within or without the limits of public ways, shall become necessary in connection with a highway project on the federal aid primary or secondary systems or on the national system of interstate and defense highways, including extensions thereof, for which the state shall be entitled under any law of the United States to reimbursement from federal funds for any portion of the cost of the project, then the state may order the relocation of the utility facilities, and the private corporation, private company, municipality, political subdivision, agencies of the state, or authority owning or operating the facilities shall promptly relocate the facilities in accordance with the order and the state shall pay the cost of the relocation to the utility as part of the cost of the federally aided highway project. The state shall pay a reasonable amount to private corporations and private companies for the relocation of utilities commencing with highway projects that are authorized for construction after March 1, 1976.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 50, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8.1-2.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8.1 - Relocation of Utility Services|Section 24-8.1-2.1 - Relocation necessitated by sewer construction.

§ 24-8.1-2.1. Relocation necessitated by sewer construction.Notwithstanding any provision of law or of any charter or statute, general or special, to the contrary, whenever the relocation of utility facilities in the state, owned by private corporations, private companies, municipalities, political subdivisions, authorities, or agencies of the state, whether within or without the limits of public ways, shall become necessary in connection with a sewer construction project, for which the state shall be entitled under any law of the United States to reimbursement from federal funds for any portion of the cost of the project, then the municipality or sewerage district commission undertaking the project may require the relocation of the utility facilities, and the private corporation, private company, municipality, political subdivision, agencies of the state, or authority owning or operating such facilities shall promptly relocate the facilities and the state shall pay the state and federal share, if eligible, of the cost of the relocation to the utility as part of the cost of the federally aided sewer construction project.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 346, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8.1 - Relocation of Utility Services|Section 24-8.1-3 - "Utility facilities" defined.

§ 24-8.1-3. "Utility facilities" defined.For the purposes of this chapter, the term "utility facilities" includes the systems owned by private corporations, private companies, municipalities, political subdivisions, authorities or agencies of the state furnishing water, sewage disposal, telephone, telegraph, or other communication, electric, or gas services within this state and all plant and equipment comprised therein without regard to whether or not the furnishing of such services is subject to regulation under the provisions of title 39, provided further that all private corporations and private companies coming within the scope of this chapter shall be regulated by title 39.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 50, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8.1-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8.1 - Relocation of Utility Services|Section 24-8.1-3.1 - "As built" plans required.

§ 24-8.1-3.1. "As built" plans required.Each utility shall submit to the department of transportation a complete set of "as-built" plans, within sixty (60) days of the installation of new utility facilities, or within sixty (60) days of the relocation of existing utility facilities that affect state roads.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 378, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8.1 - Relocation of Utility Services|Section 24-8.1-4 - "Costs of relocation" defined.

§ 24-8.1-4. "Costs of relocation" defined.For the purposes of this chapter, the term "cost of relocation" includes the entire amount paid by the private corporations, private companies, municipality, authorities or agency of the state, or authority, properly and reasonably attributable to relocation, after deducting therefrom any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility. The amount of reimbursement for the cost of relocation shall not be reduced by any expired service life of the old facility.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 50, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 148, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 49, § 1.
RI Gen L § 24-8.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-8.1 - Relocation of Utility Services|Section 24-8.1-5 - Public utility and other acts unaffected.

§ 24-8.1-5. Public utility and other acts unaffected.Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal, abridge, or modify the provisions of the Public Utilities Act, compiled in title 39, or any related acts now in force.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 50, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 60.
RI Gen L § 24-9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-9 - Storm Emergency Account|Section 24-9-1 - Purpose of chapter.

§ 24-9-1. Purpose of chapter.While appropriations adequate to meet the normal average needs of the department of transportation in the performance of its duties relating to maintenance of roads and related matters are annually made in legislation appropriating funds for each fiscal year, the general assembly recognizes the necessity for anticipating and making advance provision to care for the unusual and extraordinary burdens imposed on the department by reason of extreme climatic phenomena and other emergencies. For these purposes, it is the intention of the general assembly to forearm the department, vesting it with adequate power and authority within the limitation of available funds in the storm emergency account to meet any such emergency.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1644, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 24-9-1.
RI Gen L § 24-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-9 - Storm Emergency Account|Section 24-9-2 - Emergency account established.

§ 24-9-2. Emergency account established.There is hereby established a special account to be known as the storm emergency account. The governor may from time to time in the event of any emergency, within the purview of this chapter, allocate funds to the account, which shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1644, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 24-9-2.
RI Gen L § 24-9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-9 - Storm Emergency Account|Section 24-9-3 - Emergency expenditures.

§ 24-9-3. Emergency expenditures.Whenever any extreme climatic phenomena or other unpredictable emergency shall in the considered judgment of the director of transportation, impose upon the department of transportation extraordinary duties relating to maintenance of roads or related matters, not foreseeable by the director at the time of submitting budget estimates for the department, the director may meet such emergencies by employing for the duration of the emergencies additional personnel, and by hiring or otherwise acquiring all necessary appliances and equipment.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1644, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 24-9-3.
RI Gen L § 24-9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-9 - Storm Emergency Account|Section 24-9-4 - Payments from emergency account.

§ 24-9-4. Payments from emergency account.All obligations and expenses incurred by the director in the exercise of the powers and duties vested in the director by the foregoing provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the general treasurer out of available funds in the storm emergency account; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum, or so much thereof as may be required, upon receipt by the state controller of proper vouchers duly approved by the director of transportation.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1644, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 24-9-4.
RI Gen L § 24-9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-9 - Storm Emergency Account|Section 24-9-5 - Liberal construction - Powers additional.

§ 24-9-5. Liberal construction — Powers additional.The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to accomplish the purposes hereof and to permit the director to adequately cope with any emergency which may arise, as provided in this chapter; and the powers herein vested in the director of transportation shall be construed as being in addition to all other powers presently vested in him or her, and not in derogation of any existing powers.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1644, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 24-9-5; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 61.
RI Gen L § 24-10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-10 - Freeways|Section 24-10-1 - "Freeway" defined.

§ 24-10-1. "Freeway" defined.A "freeway" is a way especially designed for through traffic over which abutters have no easement or right of light, air, or access by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon the way.History of Section.P.L. 1937, ch. 2537, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 75, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 24-10-1.
RI Gen L § 24-10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-10 - Freeways|Section 24-10-2 - Jurisdiction over freeways.

§ 24-10-2. Jurisdiction over freeways.The director of transportation shall have full power and authority to lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, discontinue, and regulate the use of freeways within this state in the same manner or manners in which the director may now lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, discontinue, and regulate the use of highways within this state. The director shall also have any and all other additional authority and power relative to such freeways as he or she now possesses relative to highways, including the authority and power to acquire or accept title to the lands or rights-of-way needed for freeways.History of Section.P.L. 1937, ch. 2537, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 75, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100; G.L. 1956, § 24-10-2.
RI Gen L § 24-10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-10 - Freeways|Section 24-10-3 - Extinguishment of easements - Regulation of access.

§ 24-10-3. Extinguishment of easements — Regulation of access.Where an existing highway has been designated as or included within a freeway by the director, existing easements of access, light or air may be extinguished by purchase or by taking under eminent domain, in accordance with any existing method now exercised by the director in purchasing or taking land for highway purposes. Access to the freeway from any existing highway, road or street may be regulated and restricted by the director. Access to the freeway from any new highway, road or street shall be subject to the consent and approval of the director.History of Section.P.L. 1937, ch. 2537, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 75, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 100; G.L. 1956, § 24-10-3.
RI Gen L § 24-10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 24 - Highways|Chapter 24-10 - Freeways|Section 24-10-4 - Commercial enterprises prohibited.

§ 24-10-4. Commercial enterprises prohibited.No commercial enterprise involving the sale or distribution of any commodity or product used in, or for the servicing of, any motor vehicle shall be authorized or conducted by the director of transportation or by any agency or officer of the state, within or on the property acquired for or designated as a freeway, as defined in this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 75, § 4; P.L. 1949, ch. 2392, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 24-10-4.