NY Hwy L § 47 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 3 - State Highways 47 - Connecting Highways in Villages.

§  47.  Connecting  highways  in  villages. The board of trustees of a   village may, by resolution, petition the commissioner of  transportation   for  the  construction or improvement of a highway to connect streets or   highways within the village which have been paved or improved with state   highways which have  been  heretofore  built  under  the  provisions  of   chapter  one  hundred  and  fifteen  of the laws of eighteen hundred and   ninety-eight, and the acts amendatory thereof.   If in the  judgment  of   the  commissioner  of  transportation  public  convenience  requires the   construction or improvement of such connecting highway, the commissioner   shall cause plans, specifications and  estimates  to  be  prepared,  and   shall  cause  the  same to be transmitted to the board of supervisors of   the county wherein such highway is situated.  The board  of  supervisors   may  thereupon  take action on such plans and specifications and adopt a   resolution relating to such construction or improvement. Notwithstanding   any other provision of this chapter, the cost of  such  construction  or   improvement  shall  be  borne  and  payment thereof shall be made in the   manner as  provided  for  in  section  two  hundred  and  sixty-four.  A   certified  copy  of  such resolution shall be filed in the office of the   department of transportation. The construction or  improvement  of  such   connecting  highway  shall  then  be  taken  up  in the order and manner   provided in section two hundred and sixty-one for  the  construction  or   improvement  of state highways. If it is desired to construct or improve   any portion of such a connecting highway at a width  greater  than  that   provided  for  in  the  plans  and  specifications  therefor,  or  if  a   modification of such plans and specifications is desired  by  which  the   cost  thereof  will  be  increased, the board of trustees of the village   shall proceed as in section forty-six to secure such a  modification  of   the   plans   and  specifications  as  will  provide  for  such  desired   construction. The provisions of such section shall apply in like  manner   to  the  connecting highway to be constructed or improved as provided in   this section.The provisions of this act shall not prevent the improvement by  state   aid under the statute as it existed prior to the passage of this act, of   streets  in  cities  of  the second and third class, where, prior to the   passage of this act, highway numbers had been assigned  as  provided  by   article twelve of this act; nor shall the provisions of this act prevent   the  improvement in such cities of streets heretofore petitioned for and   approved in cases where the proposed improvement of each street does not   exceed one and one-half miles in length; but the total  mileage  of  all   such streets not exceeding one and one-half miles in length shall not in   the aggregate exceed four miles.Wherever plans for such improvement in a city of the second class have   been  approved  and a highway number assigned, and the work is ready for   contract as hereinbefore described and the common council of  such  city   has appropriated and made available the city's share of the cost of such   improvement,  the  city  treasurer  of  such  city is hereby authorized,   empowered and directed to deposit such moneys with the state comptroller   in the same manner as is provided by this section  with  regard  to  the   improvement of village streets.