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2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 199 - Widening Highways; Petition.

§  199. Widening highways; petition. When any part of a highway in any
  town of this state, not in an  incorporated  village  or  city,  running
  between two or more villages or cities, has, because of the wearing away
  by  a  river  or stream or any other natural cause, become narrower than
  the width required by statute, and is dangerous to  the  users  of  such
  highway,  twelve  or  more resident taxpayers of such town may present a
  petition to the supreme court in the judicial district within which such
  town is situated.  The petition shall describe the part of  the  highway
  proposed  to  be widened and state that such highway has become lessened
  in width by the action of a river or stream or other cause, that  it  is
  dangerous  to the traveling public, that the widening and improvement of
  such highway is necessary for the public convenience and  welfare,  that
  the  highway  is an important leading road between two or more cities or
  villages, that the cost of such widening and  improvement  would  exceed
  the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars and would be too burdensome
  on  the  town or towns otherwise liable therefor. Such petition shall be
  verified by at least  three  of  the  petitioners.  On  receipt  of  the
  petition by supreme court the court shall appoint a time and place for a
  meeting  to  hear all persons interested in the proposed widening of the
  highway. The court shall examine the part of the highway proposed to  be
  widened, hear any reasons for or against such widening and ascertain the
  probable  cost  of  the  work.  If  the  court  shall determine that the
  proposed widening of the highway is necessary and that the cost  thereof
  would  be  too  burdensome  for the town, exceeding in probable cost two
  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  they  shall  notify  the   board   of
  supervisors  of  the  county  of such decision. The board of supervisors
  shall thereupon cause one-half of the amount of the estimated cost to be
  raised by the county and paid to the supervisor of the town or towns  in
  which  that  part  of the highway proposed to be widened as aforesaid is
  located, and said supervisor shall apply the  sum  so  received  by  him
  towards  the  payment  of the cost of such widening.  The balance of the
  expense shall be raised in the manner provided by law, by  the  town  or
  towns  in  which  that  part  of  the  highway proposed to be widened as
  aforesaid is located.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 203 - Widening, How Constructed.

§  203.  Widening,  how  constructed.  The  town  superintendent shall
  construct  such  widening  of  the  highway  according  to   plans   and
  specifications  adopted by the county superintendent and approved by the
  town board of his town. The bills and expenses  incurred  in  such  work
  shall  be audited by the town board and paid in the same manner as other
  charges, out of moneys raised for  such  purposes  as  provided  in  the
  preceding section.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 204 - Actions to Compel Widening; How Affected by Petition.

§  204.  Actions to compel widening; how affected by petition. In case
  an action might lie  in  any  court  of  this  state  against  the  town
  superintendent  of  any  town  or towns to compel such superintendent to
  widen a part of a highway, the width of which has become less than  that
  required  by statute, or in case an action has been brought against such
  superintendent to compel him to widen a part of a highway, the width  of
  which has become less than that required by statute, the presentation of
  a  verified  petition to the county court as provided for in section one
  hundred and ninety-nine shall prevent the commencing of any such  action
  as  aforesaid  and cause such an action already commenced, to cease, and
  shall be a bar to a recovery on the part of the plaintiff of a  judgment
  against  such superintendent in any such action instituted or prosecuted
  to judgment after the passage of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 205-A - Seasonal Limited Use Highway.

§   205-a.   Seasonal   limited  use  highway.  1.  The  town  highway
  superintendent is authorized to annually designate,  on  or  before  the
  first day of November in each year, a town highway as a seasonal limited
  use highway.
2.  Seasonal limited use highways shall be those town highways without
  occupied residences or commercial buildings dependent upon such highways
  for access.
3. Seasonal limited use highways shall be appropriately posted.
4. The town is authorized to  temporarily  discontinue  snow  and  ice
  removal  and  maintenance from the first day of December until the first
  day of April on any highway so designated.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 205-B - Qualified Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.

§   205-b.   Qualified   abandonment  of  certain  town  highways.  1.
  Abandonment of town highways which are  access  roads  to  state  forest
  preserve lands or lands now owned or hereafter acquired by the state and
  held   under   the  jurisdiction  of  the  department  of  environmental
  conservation shall be qualifiedly abandoned in the following manner  and
  shall have the following effect:
a.   upon   written   notice   to   the  department  of  environmental
  conservation, the town  shall  follow  the  procedure  provided  for  in
  subdivision two of section two hundred five of this chapter;
b.  the  resolution  of abandonment shall provide that even though the
  responsibility of maintenance of the road by the town shall cease, there
  shall remain a public easement over such road in perpetuity;
c. the department of environmental conservation shall have  the  right
  to maintain such road if it so desires;
d.  no  one,  including  the  owner  of  adjoining land, may fence any
  portion of such road, with or without gates;
e. the town, at any time, shall have the right to resume  jurisdiction
  over such road for any purpose;
f. the title to such road shall remain with the town.
2.  For  the  purposes  of  this section, access roads to state forest
  preserve lands or lands under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  environmental
  conservation  department  shall  mean roads which are the only practical
  means of ingress or egress to such state lands.
3. In no event shall the provisions of this section be construed so as
  to require the maintenance or abandonment  of  roads  within  the  state
  forest  preserve  lands  or lands now owned or hereafter acquired by the
  state.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 206 - Highways in Lands Acquired by the United States for Fortification Purposes Deemed Abandoned.

§   206.   Highways  in  lands  acquired  by  the  United  States  for
  fortification purposes deemed abandoned. When land sought to be acquired
  by the United States  of  America  for  the  purpose  of  fortifications
  includes  a highway or portion thereof, the condemnation proceedings may
  include such highways or portion thereof, and the people of the state of
  New York, any municipality, county or other party claiming  an  interest
  therein  may  be  made  a  party  defendant  in such proceeding, and the
  interest of  the  state,  county,  municipality  or  other  claimant  be
  determined, and the award made therefor.  Forthwith upon the acquisition
  by  the  United  States  of  America of land which includes a highway or
  portion thereof, there shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of
  the town, and also in the office of the county clerk of the  county,  in
  which  such  land is located, certified copies of the record or transfer
  to the United States of such land, together with a map of such land,  on
  which  map  such  highway or portion thereof shall be indicated by metes
  and bounds, and thereupon such  highway  or  portion  thereof  shall  be
  deemed   discontinued   and  abandoned  for  highway  purposes,  and  if
  proceedings  have  been  taken,  pursuant  to  this  chapter   for   the
  improvement of such highway by state aid, all such proceedings, together
  with  any  appropriation  made  for  the  improvement of such highway or
  portion thereof, as indicated on such  map,  shall  be  deemed  revoked,
  vacated and set aside.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 207 - Discontinuance of Highway.

§  207. Discontinuance of highway. Whenever the town superintendent of
  any town shall determine that any portion of any highway or street,  not
  within  the  limits of an incorporated village, which is the terminus of
  such street or highway, is unnecessary for highway  purposes,  and  said
  town  superintendent  may,  by  an  order to be duly entered in the town
  clerk's office, direct such highway to be discontinued and abandoned for
  public purposes.  Provided, however, that no portion of such highway  to
  be  discontinued shall be greater than one thousand feet of the terminus
  thereof and that the owners of the land on both sides of such highway or
  street, for the distance it is proposed to discontinue the same,  shall,
  by  written  petition  to  such  town  superintendent have requested the
  discontinuance thereof.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 208 - Description to Be Recorded.

§  208.  Description  to  be  recorded.  Immediately  upon  making and
  entering the order mentioned in section two hundred and  seven  of  this
  chapter,  the said town superintendent shall cause a written description
  of that portion of the street or highway ordered to be  discontinued  to
  be  filed  and  recorded  in the office of the town clerk of the town in
  which the said street or highway is located, and when the same  is  duly
  recorded  the said portion of the said street or highway shall thereupon
  be and become duly abandoned and discontinued for highway purposes.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 209 - Damages Caused by Discontinuance.

§  209.  Damages  caused  by discontinuance. Any person or corporation
  interested as owner or otherwise, in any lands and claiming any loss  or
  damages,   legal   or   equitable,  by  reason  of  the  discontinuance,
  abandonment or closing of any street or highway, not within  the  limits
  of  an  incorporated village, under or pursuant to the provisions of the
  last two sections, may, upon  ten  days'  written  notice  to  the  town
  superintendent of the town in which such lands are situated apply to the
  supreme  court  or  to  the county court of the county within which such
  lands are situated for the appointment of commissioners of appraisal  to
  estimate  and  determine such loss and damage, whereupon the court shall
  appoint three disinterested commissioners of appraisal to  estimate  and
  determine such damage, and the amount of compensation to be paid by said
  town  therefor, who shall make their report thereupon to such court, and
  which report when finally confirmed shall be  final  and  conclusive  in
  respect  thereto, and the legality and equity of any and all such claims
  shall be determined by such commissioners of appraisal and by the  court
  upon  the  hearing  of their report. Any loss or damage so estimated and
  determined shall be paid by said town as in case of judgment.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 210 - Papers, Where Filed.

§   210.   Papers,   where   filed.  All  applications,  certificates,
  appointments and other papers relating to the laying  out,  altering  or
  discontinuing  of  any highway shall be filed by the town superintendent
  as soon as a decision shall have been made thereon in the  town  clerk's
  office of the town.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 211 - Costs of Motion.

§ 211. Costs of motion. Costs of a motion to confirm, vacate or modify
  the  report  of commissioners of appraisal appointed by the court to lay
  out, alter or discontinue a highway may be allowed in the discretion  of
  the  court  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars.  On an uncontested motion to
  confirm the report of the commissioners of appraisal  so  appointed,  if
  said  report  is  favorable to the applicant and confirmed by the court,
  costs  may  be  allowed  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  sufficient   to
  compensate the applicant's attorney for his services in the proceedings.
  Costs  of  any  other  motion  in  a  proceeding  in  a court of record,
  authorized by this chapter, may be allowed  in  the  discretion  of  the
  court not exceeding ten dollars.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 211-A - Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.

§  211-a.  Abandonment  of  certain town highways. Notwithstanding any
  other provision of this chapter, and upon  the  request  of  the  county
  superintendent  of  highways,  any  town  board  may, by resolution duly
  adopted, declare any town highway or portion thereof in the town running
  through forest or forest lands not necessarily for ingress to or  egress
  from any privately or publicly owned lands, and not necessary to connect
  existing   town,   county   or  state  highways,  to  be  abandoned  and
  discontinued for public purposes. Such town shall at least  thirty  days
  prior  to  such abandonment cause to be filed and recorded in the office
  of the town clerk a written description of such highway or portion to be
  abandoned with a written statement attached thereto that such highway or
  portion thereof so described is proposed  to  be  abandoned,  and  shall
  cause  notices to be posted in at least three conspicuous places in such
  town of the time and place when such declaration of abandonment will  be
  made,  for the purpose of permitting any interested person to appear for
  or against the adoption of such resolution.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 211-B - Abandonment of Certain Town Highways in School Districts.

§  211-b.  Abandonment  of  certain town highways in school districts.
  Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this  chapter,  and  upon  the
  request  of  either  the  county  superintendent of highways or the town
  superintendent of highways, any  town  board  may,  by  resolution  duly
  adopted, declare any town highway or portion thereof in the town running
  through  school  district  lands  not necessary for ingress to or egress
  from any privately or publicly owned lands, and not necessary to connect
  existing  town,  county  or  state  highways,  to   be   abandoned   and
  discontinued  for  public purposes. Such town shall at least thirty days
  prior to such abandonment cause to be filed and recorded in  the  office
  of the town clerk a written description of such highway or portion to be
  abandoned with a written statement attached thereto that such highway or
  portion  thereof  so  described  is  proposed to be abandoned, and shall
  cause notices to be posted in at least three conspicuous places in  such
  town  of the time and place when such declaration of abandonment will be
  made, for the purpose of permitting any interested person to appear  for
  or against the adoption of such resolution.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 212 - Changing Location of Highways Over Certain Lands Owned and Occupied by the State.

§  212.  Changing  location  of  highways over certain lands owned and
  occupied by the state. If a highway passes over or through lands  wholly
  owned  and  occupied  by the state, the location of such portion of such
  highway as passes through such lands may be altered and changed, or  the
  same  may be abandoned or the use thereof as a highway discontinued with
  the consent and approval of the state authority having  jurisdiction  or
  control  over  such lands by an order directing such change in location,
  abandonment or discontinuance. Such order shall contain a description of
  that portion of the highway the location  of  which  has  been  changed,
  abandoned  or  discontinued,  and  a  description  of  the  new location
  thereof, if any, and shall be filed in the office of the state authority
  having control of such lands.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 212-A - Abandoning of Parts of Town Highways.

§  212-a.  Abandoning of parts of town highways. Whenever, pursuant to
  this chapter or under the provisions of any statute, any town road shall
  have been widened, straightened, extended, drained, paved  or  otherwise
  improved  and  in the process thereof a town shall have acquired from an
  adjacent  owner  certain  lands  necessary  for  said  right-of-way   by
  purchase,  condemnation  or as a gift and where under such circumstances
  either the grantor of said new right-of-way shall own  the  property  on
  both  sides thereof for the full length of the new taking or the consent
  in writing of any and all other owners within such area  be  given,  and
  there  shall  be  sections  of  the  old  road as it existed before said
  improvement which are of no further use for  highway  purposes  to  said
  town,  the  town board of said town in which said land is situated, upon
  the recommendation of the town superintendent of highways, may  adopt  a
  resolution,  with  the consent of the county superintendent of highways,
  to abandon to the abutting owner or owners such sections or parts of the
  old road as it existed before said improvement which are of  no  further
  use  for  highway  purposes,  providing  the road after such abandonment
  shall be not less than three rods in width, and the supervisor  of  said
  town  is hereby authorized to execute and acknowledge in the name of the
  town and affix the seal of the town to a quit-claim deed or deeds of the
  land so abandoned and to deliver the  same  to  the  abutting  owner  or
  owners  for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the
  town board of the said town shall deem proper.
The adoption of the hereinbefore  mentioned  resolution  by  the  town
  board  shall  be  an immediate abandonment and discontinuance of the use
  for highway and street purposes of said sections or  parts  of  the  old
  road   described  in  said  resolution  without  any  further  or  other
  proceedings.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 213 - Construction and Repair of Approaches to Private Lands.

§  213.  Construction  and  repair of approaches to private lands. The
  owners or occupants of lands shall construct  and  keep  in  repair  all
  approaches  or  driveways  from the town highway, under the direction of
  the town superintendent, and it shall be  unlawful  for  such  owner  or
  occupant of lands to fill up any ditch or place any material of any kind
  or  character  in any ditch so as to in any manner obstruct or interfere
  with the purposes for which it was made. The  town  superintendent  may,
  when  directed  by  the  town  board,  construct and keep in repair such
  approaches and the expense thereof shall be a town charge.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 214 - Depositing Ashes, Snow, Ice, Stones, Sticks, Et Cetera Upon the Highway.

§ 214. Depositing ashes, snow, ice, stones, sticks, et cetera upon the
  highway.  Any  person  who  shall  deposit  or throw loose stones in the
  gutter or grass adjoining a town highway, or shall deposit or throw upon
  a highway, ashes, papers, snow, ice, stones, sticks, or  other  rubbish,
  shall  be  liable  to  a penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars to be
  sued for and recovered by the town superintendent.  No  stone  or  other
  rubbish  shall  be  drawn  to  and  deposited  within  the limits of any
  highway, except for the purpose of filling in a depression or  otherwise
  improving  the  highway, and only with the written consent and under the
  direction of the town superintendent.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8 - Town Highways › 216 - When Town Not Liable for Damages.

§  216.  When town not liable for damages. No town shall be liable for
  any damage resulting to  persons  or  property  by  the  reason  of  the
  breaking of any bridge, sluice or culvert, by transportation on the same
  of  any  traction engine, portable piece of machinery, or of any vehicle
  or load, together weighing eight tons or over, but any owner thereof  or
  other  persons  engaged  in  transporting or directing the same shall be
  liable for all damages resulting therefrom.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 219 - Definitions.

§  219.  Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Town highway" shall
  mean highways constructed, improved or maintained by the town  with  the
  aid  of  the  state  or county, under the provisions of the highway law,
  including all  highways  in  towns,  outside  of  incorporated  villages
  constituting  separate  road  districts,  except  state highways, county
  roads, parkways,  state  thruways  and  controlled  access  highways  as
  defined by the highway law.
2. "Project"   shall  mean  a  town  highway  improvement,  repair  or
  reconstruction.
3. "Approved project" shall mean a project  approved  as  provided  by
  this article.
4. "Plan" shall mean a map and specifications showing (a) the location
  of  a  project, (b) the estimated cost of such project, (c) the proposed
  width, thickness and type of highway, (d) a statement of  necessity  for
  such  project  relied  upon  by  the  town,  and  (e) the projects to be
  completed in each year of the period of the duration of this article.
5. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of transportation of the
  state of New York.
6. "County superintendent" shall mean  the  county  superintendent  of
  highways.
7. "Town   superintendent"  shall  mean  the  town  superintendent  of
  highways.
8. "Highway"  shall  include  necessary  sluices,   drains,   ditches,
  waterways,  embankments,  retaining  walls,  bridges on such highway and
  under the jurisdiction and control of the town  and  culverts,  and  the
  approaches  of  any  such bridge or culvert beginning at the back of the
  abutments.   The term  does  not  include  sidewalks  or  boardwalks  or
  renewals thereof.
9. "Board  of supervisors" shall mean the elective governing body of a
  county, by whatever name designated.
10. "Roadbed"  shall  mean  the  portion  of  the  highway,  improved,
  designed  or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm
  or shoulder.
11. "Bridge" shall mean any structure whether of  single  or  multiple
  span  construction  with  a  clear  span  in  excess  of  five feet with
  measurements to be made in the manner set forth in  subdivision  two  of
  section two hundred thirty of this chapter.
12. "Culvert"  shall  mean any structure whether of single or multiple
  span construction with an interior width  of  five  feet  or  less  with
  measurements  to  be  made in the manner set forth in subdivision two of
  section two hundred thirty of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 221 - Compilation of Approved Plans; Estimated Costs.

§  221. Compilation of approved plans; estimated costs. Not later than
  the twenty-eighth day of February  each  year,  the  commissioner  shall
  compile  all  approved  plans  and  estimate  the  probable cost of each
  approved project, the probable amount of state aid to  be  allocated  to
  each  approved  project  under  section two hundred twenty-seven of this
  article, the aggregate cost of all approved projects and  the  aggregate
  amount of all state aid for approved projects in the state.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 222 - Specifications.

§  222.  Specifications.  1. It is the intent of this article that the
improvement, repair or reconstruction of such town  highways,  including
necessary  grade  and  culvert  work  and  any  plans and specifications
thereof,   shall   conform   generally   to   the   following    minimum
specifications,  with  such  exception  as  hereinafter provided in this
section. Such minimum specifications shall include,
(a)  raising  of  roadbed  above  grade,  (b)  grading  backslope  and
eliminating  brush,  (c)  widening  of roadbed to not less than eighteen
feet, (d) surfacing with gravel or other suitable material to a depth of
not less than twelve inches, which shall  be  stabilized  with  suitable
binding materials at such time during the current construction season or
the  following  construction  season, and in such form and amount as the
department of transportation shall determine, (e) widening shoulders  to
not less than five feet, (f) providing for adequate drainage facilities,
(g)  if  necessary,  providing for vegetative protection on the sides of
state or municipally owned  slopes  bordering  on  highways  to  prevent
erosion  of  soil  and  to  conserve  water,  and  (h) providing for the
construction or reconstruction of  necessary  bridges,  subject  to  the
provisions  of  section  two hundred twenty-four of this article. Within
such  general  specifications,  each  project  shall  be  completed   in
accordance  with  a  design  and  specifications  approved by the county
superintendent and  the  commissioner;  provided,  however,  the  county
superintendent  and  the  commissioner  may permit deviations below such
minimum specifications in planning or during the course of completion of
the work, if, in their opinion, the particular  circumstances  make  the
deviation advisable.
2.  The  improvement,  repair or reconstruction of such town highways,
including necessary grade and culvert work, in order to facilitate  snow
removal,  improve drainage and build up roadbed, shall be guided by such
intent and minimum specifications.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 223 - Surfacing of Town Highways.

§  223.  Surfacing  of  town  highways.  1.  Plans  for surfacing town
  highways may be adopted and filed and  otherwise  follow  the  procedure
  provided in section two hundred twenty of this article for plans for the
  improvement, repair or reconstruction of town highways.
2.  The  provisions  of  this section shall be applicable only to town
  highways improved, repaired or reconstructed pursuant to  this  article,
  or  to  article eight-A of this chapter in force and effect prior to the
  effective date of this article, or to chapter eight hundred  twenty-four
  of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty.
3.  The  surfacing  of  such town roads shall conform generally to the
  following minimum standards, (a) widening of roadbed to  not  less  than
  eighteen  feet;  (b)  widening shoulders to not less than five feet; (c)
  providing for the construction or reconstruction of  necessary  bridges,
  subject  to  the  provisions  of section two hundred twenty-four of this
  article; (d) minimum surfacing application shall  consist  of  not  less
  than  two  courses  of  crushed  stone and bituminous material except in
  cases where any such road was previously surfaced prior to the effective
  date of this article, the commissioner shall specify  minimum  surfacing
  application. Expenses incurred in widening, grading and filling any such
  town  highway  shall be an allowable charge in conforming to the minimum
  standards  prescribed  by  this   subdivision.   Within   such   general
  specifications,  each such project shall be completed in accordance with
  a design and specification approved by the county superintendent and the
  commissioner; provided,  however,  the  county  superintendent  and  the
  commissioner  may  permit  deviations  below  such  minimum standards in
  planning or during the course of completion of the  work  if,  in  their
  opinion, the particular circumstances make such deviation advisable.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 224 - Bridges.

§  224.  Bridges. Neither in the improvement, repair or reconstruction
  of town highways,  nor  in  the  surfacing  thereof,  pursuant  to  this
  article,  shall  the  continuity of the roadbed be interrupted by bridge
  structures which are not at least four feet wider than such roadbed, but
  not less than twenty-four feet, provided, that the county superintendent
  and the commissioner may permit deviations below such minimum  standards
  in planning or during the course of completion of the work, if, in their
  opinion,  the  particular  circumstances  make such deviation advisable.
  Bridges built  or  retained  on  qualifying  roads  shall  meet  minimum
  standards established by the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 226 - Co-Ordination of Projects.

§  226.  Co-ordination  of  projects.  So far as practicable, the town
  boards and town superintendents of adjoining towns, within  the  county,
  contemplating  projects  with  the  county superintendent, may confer by
  committees or their representatives, and may cooperate with  a  view  to
  co-ordinating  projects  to  the  end  that  improved  town highways may
  provide connecting routes.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 228 - Payment of State Aid.

§ 228. Payment of state aid. 1. The county superintendent shall notify
  the commissioner when work has been commenced on an approved project. As
  work   progresses   on   a  project  according  to  approved  plans  and
  specifications, a town may request the state aid in relation thereto  to
  be  paid  in  installments or it may request such aid to be paid after a
  project has been completed.
2. Claims for such aid shall be made on forms prepared  and  furnished
  by  the  commissioner. They shall be executed in the name of the town by
  the town superintendent or, where  such  work  is  done  pursuant  to  a
  contract  with  the  county  or with an independent contractor, the town
  board may authorize the town supervisor to execute such  claims  instead
  of  the  town  superintendent.  Such claims, when approved by the county
  superintendent, shall be filed with the commissioner.  The  commissioner
  shall  examine  such  claims  and shall certify to the state comptroller
  within thirty days of the receipt of such claims the amounts  which  the
  state  should  pay  thereon  to  the supervisor of the town. If any such
  claim or any portion thereof  be  disapproved,  the  commissioner  shall
  immediately  notify  the town board, the board of supervisors and county
  superintendent of such action. Any such claim must  be  filed  with  the
  commissioner in the year for which the project was approved or not later
  than  the  thirty-first  day  of January in the calendar year succeeding
  that for which the project was  approved  except  where  work  has  been
  deferred with the approval of the commissioner for completion during the
  following  construction  season.  The  commissioner  shall not otherwise
  certify payment of the final installment of state aid  for  any  project
  unless  the  work thereon has been completed according to approved plans
  but all other installments  may  be  paid  with  the  final  installment
  allocated  to  stabilization  and  surfacing materials deferred until so
  completed.
3. In the final adjustment of any claim, if it is  determined  that  a
  town  has  been  paid  an  amount in excess of that permitted under this
  article, the state comptroller shall withhold an equivalent amount  from
  any  state  aid  payable  to  the  town pursuant to sections two hundred
  seventy-nine and two hundred eighty of the highway law.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 229 - Financing of Town's Share of Cost.

§  229.  Financing  of  town's  share  of cost. 1. Notwithstanding the
  provisions of any other law, a town may appropriate and spend  money  to
  pay its share of the cost of an approved project.
2.  Moneys  for the town's share of the cost shall be raised by tax on
  taxable real property  in  the  town  outside  villages  in  the  manner
  provided  in  section  one hundred fifteen of the town law. In addition,
  unexpended balances of appropriations for the town's share of  the  cost
  of  an  approved project, moneys available for the purposes specified in
  subdivision one of section one hundred forty-one  of  the  highway  law,
  state aid received by a town for the town outside village areas pursuant
  to section fifty-four of the state finance law and money received by the
  town under the state and local fiscal assistance act of nineteen hundred
  seventy-two,  and  moneys  received  by  the  town  from  the county for
  projects pursuant to this article, also may  be  used  to  pay  for  the
  town's  share,  or  portion  thereof,  provided,  however, that under no
  circumstances shall state aid  paid  to  the  town  in  any  year  under
  sections  two  hundred  seventy-nine, two hundred eighty and two hundred
  eighty-two of the highway law, or money raised, or made available by the
  town in any year to entitle it to receive such state aid, be used to pay
  for such share. If a town receives money from a county for a project for
  which the town's share has already been raised by tax  on  taxable  real
  property  in  accordance  with  this  section, such county moneys may be
  applied to such project and  the  moneys  raised  by  the  town  through
  taxation  shall  be  considered unexpended and may be applied to pay the
  town's share of the cost of other projects undertaken pursuant  to  this
  article in a future year.
3.  If  balances  of appropriations for a project pursuant to sections
  two hundred  twenty-two  and  two  hundred  twenty-three  hereof  remain
  unexpended,  such balances, may be used either for purposes specified in
  subdivision one of section one hundred forty-one of the highway law  and
  pursuant  to  an  agreement  executed  pursuant  to  section two hundred
  eighty-four of such law or to pay for the town's share of the cost of an
  approved project.
4. Nothing hereinabove contained shall prevent the application of  the
  proceeds  of  non-property  taxes  allocated  to  the town, which are in
  excess of the amount required to be used  to  reduce  county  taxes  and
  general town taxes, to the reduction of taxes to meet appropriations for
  the town's share of an approved project, as provided in subdivisions (c)
  and  (d)  of section twelve hundred sixty-two of the tax law relative to
  the reduction of taxes levied for part-town activities.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 229-A - Federal Aid.

§  229-a.  Federal  aid.  1.  If  the  federal government, through any
  federal  law,  makes  an  allotment  of  moneys  or  otherwise  provides
  financial  aid and assistance for approved projects, the commissioner is
  hereby authorized to accept such federal moneys, aid and assistance,  to
  sign  all  necessary  agreements  therefor,  and  to  do and perform all
  necessary acts in connection therewith. The commissioner shall not enter
  into any agreement or  agreements  which  will  require  a  total  state
  contribution in excess of the amounts available for the state's share of
  the cost of such projects.
2.  The  execution  by  the  state of any such agreement or agreements
  shall not operate or be construed to relieve the state or any town  from
  its or their obligations under the provisions of this article, except as
  hereinafter provided in this section.
3.  The  department  of taxation and finance may accept and receive as
  custodian any and all  grants  and  money  awarded  for  assistance  for
  approved  projects  in  this state under or pursuant to any such federal
  law. All moneys so received shall be  deposited  by  the  department  of
  taxation  and  finance  in  a  special  fund  or funds and shall be used
  exclusively for the purposes of any such federal law. Such moneys  shall
  be  paid  from such fund or funds on audit of the state comptroller upon
  vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner for carrying out  the
  purposes of such federal law.
4.  Federal aid in relation to any approved project shall be allocated
  to reduce the amount of state aid for the project and the  town's  share
  of the cost of the project in the same proportion as each is required to
  contribute  to  or  pay  for  the  portion of the cost of the project in
  relation to which state aid  may  be  paid  under  section  two  hundred
  twenty-seven of this article.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 229-B - Disbursement of Moneys; Accounts and Reports.

§   229-b.  Disbursement  of  moneys;  accounts  and  reports.  Moneys
  appropriated by a town and available  for  approved  projects  shall  be
  disbursed  by  the  town  supervisor  upon vouchers approved by the town
  superintendent, in the manner provided  for  the  disbursement  of  town
  moneys  under  sections twenty-nine and one hundred eighteen of the town
  law. The state comptroller shall prescribe uniform accounts and  reports
  to be kept by the town for projects undertaken pursuant to this article.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 8-A - Town Highway Improvement Program › 229-C - Existing Rights.

§ 229-c. Existing rights. The repeal of article eight-A of the highway
  law,  as  added by chapter three hundred fifteen of the laws of nineteen
  hundred sixty shall not affect or impair any act done or right accruing,
  accrued or acquired, or liability incurred prior to the time such repeal
  takes  effect,  but  the  same  may  be  enjoyed,  asserted,   enforced,
  prosecuted  or  inflicted,  as  fully  and to the same extent as if such
  repeal had not been effected.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 9 - Bridges › 237 - When Town or County Expense.

§ 237. When town or county expense. The towns of this state, except as
  otherwise  herein  provided, shall be liable to pay the expenses for the
  construction and repair of its public or free bridges  constructed  over
  streams  or  other  waters  within  their  bounds,  and  their  just and
  equitable share of such expenses when so  constructed  over  streams  or
  other  waters  upon  their  boundaries,  except  between the counties of
  Westchester and New York; and when such  bridges  are  constructed  over
  streams  or  other  waters forming the boundary line of towns, either in
  the same or adjoining counties, such towns shall be  jointly  liable  to
  pay  such  expenses.  When  such bridges are constructed over streams or
  other waters forming the boundary line between a city of the third class
  and a town, such city and town shall be liable each to pay its just  and
  equitable  share  of  the expenses for the construction, maintenance and
  repair of such bridges. Except as otherwise provided by law, a  city  of
  the third class shall be deemed a town for the purposes of this article.
  Each  of  the counties of this state shall also be liable to pay for the
  construction, care,  maintenance,  preservation  and  repair  of  public
  bridges  lawfully  constructed  over streams or other waters forming its
  boundary  line,  not  less  than  one-sixth  part  of  the  expense   of
  construction, care, maintenance, preservation and repair, and, except in
  a  county containing a portion of the Adirondack park, the whole of such
  expenses of public bridges lawfully constructed  or  to  be  constructed
  over streams, or waterways, intersecting county roads.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 9 - Bridges › 239 - Joint Liabilities of Towns and Their Joint Contracts.

§  239. Joint liabilities of towns and their joint contracts. Whenever
  any two or more towns shall be liable to make or maintain any bridge  or
  bridges,  the same shall be built and maintained at the joint expense of
  such towns, without reference to town lines, except where the  board  of
  supervisors  has  otherwise  apportioned  such  expense  as  provided in
  section two hundred and seventy-four. The town  superintendents  of  all
  the  towns, or of one or more of such towns, the others refusing to act,
  may, when directed by their respective town boards, enter into  a  joint
  contract for making and repairing such bridges.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 9 - Bridges › 240 - Refusal to Repair.

§  240.  Refusal to repair. If the town board of either of such towns,
  after notice in writing from the town board of any other of such  towns,
  given by the town clerk thereof, shall not within twenty days give their
  consent  in  writing  to  build or repair any such bridge, and shall not
  within a reasonable time thereafter direct, by resolution, the  same  to
  be  done,  the  town  board  giving  such  notice  may  direct  the town
  superintendent to make or repair  such  bridge,  and  then  maintain  an
  action  in  the  name  of  the  town, against the town which neglects or
  refuses to join in such making or repairing, and  in  such  action,  the
  plaintiffs  shall  be entitled to recover so much from the defendant, as
  the town would be liable to contribute to the same, together with  costs
  and interest.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 9 - Bridges › 241 - Proceedings in Court.

§  241.  Proceedings  in  court.  Whenever two or more adjoining towns
  which, under the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to  make  or
  maintain  any  bridge  whether  in the same or different counties, three
  freeholders in either of such towns may, by  petition  signed  by  them,
  apply  to  the  town  board  in each of such towns, to build, rebuild or
  repair such bridge, and if such town boards refuse to build, rebuild  or
  repair such bridge within a reasonable time, either for want of funds or
  any  other cause, such freeholders, upon affidavit and notice of motion,
  a copy of which shall be served on the supervisor or town clerk of  each
  of  said  towns at least eight days before the hearing, may apply to the
  supreme court at a special term thereof, to  be  held  in  the  judicial
  district  in which such bridge or any part thereof shall be located, for
  an order requiring such town boards to direct the  town  superintendents
  to  build, rebuild or repair such bridge, and the court upon such motion
  may, in doubtful cases, refer the case to some disinterested  person  to
  ascertain  the  requisite  facts  in relation thereto, and to report the
  evidence thereof to the court. Upon the coming in of the report, in case
  of such reference, or upon or after the hearing of the motion,  in  case
  no  reference shall be ordered, the court shall make an order thereon as
  the justice of the case shall require. If the motion be granted in whole
  or in part, whereby funds shall  be  needed  to  carry  the  order  into
  effect,  such  court shall specify the amount of money required for that
  purpose, and how much thereof shall be raised in each town.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 9 - Bridges › 242 - Supervisor to Institute Proceedings.

§ 242. Supervisor to institute proceedings. The supervisor of any such
  town  shall,  when  directed  by the town board, institute and prosecute
  proceedings under this chapter, in the name of the town, to  compel  the
  town   board  of  such  adjoining  town  or  towns  to  cause  the  town
  superintendents thereof to join in the building, rebuilding or repair of
  any such bridge, in like manner as freeholders are thereby authorized.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 9 - Bridges › 243 - Duty of Town Superintendents.

§   243.  Duty  of  town  superintendents.  The  order  for  building,
  rebuilding or repairing a bridge being made, and a  copy  thereof  being
  served  on  the town superintendent of such adjoining towns respectively
  the town superintendents of such towns shall forthwith  meet  and  cause
  such  bridge  to  be built, rebuilt or repaired in accordance with plans
  and specifications prepared or approved by the county superintendent and
  approved by the commissioner of transportation if such bridge is located
  on a state highway, out of any funds in the hands of the supervisors  of
  such  towns  applicable  thereto  or out of funds raised pursuant to the
  local finance law; and such town boards shall direct the superintendents
  to enter into a contract, to  be  approved  by  such  town  boards,  for
  building, rebuilding or repairing such bridge.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 9 - Bridges › 244 - Report of Town Superintendents, and Levy of Tax.

§  244.  Report  of  town  superintendents,  and levy of tax. The town
  superintendent of each town shall make a full  and  verified  report  of
  their  proceedings in the premises including an accurate account of what
  has been done in respect to such bridge, and shall attach thereto a copy
  of the order granted by the supreme  court.  Such  report,  account  and
  order  shall  be  certified  by  the  town  board  and  delivered to the
  supervisor and be presented by him to the board of  supervisors  of  his
  county.  The  board  of supervisors at their annual meeting shall levy a
  tax upon each of such towns, when in  the  same  county,  and  upon  the
  appropriate towns when in different counties, for its share of the costs
  of  building,  rebuilding and repairing such bridge, after deducting all
  payments actually made by the supervisor upon the written order  of  the
  town  superintendent. Such tax, including all payments, shall in no case
  exceed the amount specified in the order of the supreme court.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 9 - Bridges › 245 - Appeals.

§  245. Appeals. Either party aggrieved by the granting or refusing to
  grant such order by the court at special  term,  may  appeal  from  such
  decision  to  the appellate division of the supreme court for the review
  of the decision. The appellate division may alter, modify or reverse the
  order, with or without costs.
2023 New York Laws › HAY - Highway › Article 9 - Bridges › 246 - Power of Court on Appeal.

§  246. Power of court on appeal. The special term may grant or refuse
  costs as upon a motion, including also witnesses' fees,  referees'  fees
  and disbursements. The appeal provided for in the last preceding section
  shall  conform  to  the practice of the supreme court, in case of appeal
  from an order of a special term to the appellate division.