Title 43, Transportation
0 chapters · 400 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-122 State inspection of county projects
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Whenever any county or group of counties undertakes the construction of any highway project which involves the expenditure of highway users tax funds and federal funds, it is the duty of the department of transportation to inspect such projects at such times as the department of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-123 City street systems
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There shall be established in each city, city and county, and incorporated town a system of streets to be known as the city street system. It shall not include any street established by law as a part of the state highway system. Source: L. 53: p. 521, � 23. CRS 53: � 120-13-23. C…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-124 City streets defined - maintenance
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(1) The city street system shall consist of all streets open and used, which shall include the primary system of major streets to be designated arterial streets, and a secondary system to be designated local service streets. (2) Arterial streets are those streets carrying general…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-125 Adoption of street systems - reports
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(1) The arterial streets and local service streets in any town, city, or city and county shall constitute its city street system. The system of arterial streets shall be selected in the following manner: (a) On or before December 31, 1953, the city council, local governing body, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-126 Street supervisors - duties. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 53: p. 522, � 26. CRS 53: � 120-13-26. C.R.S. 1963: � 120-13-26. L. 89: Entire section repealed, p. 1293, � 18, effective April 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-127 Contracts for street supervision - report. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 53: p. 523, � 27. CRS 53: � 120-13-27. C.R.S. 1963: � 120-13-27. L. 89: Entire section repealed, p. 1293, � 18, effective April 6. 43-2-128. Municipalities exempt from street supervision sections. (Repealed) Source: L. 53: p. 523, � 28. CRS 53: � 120-13-28. C.R.S. 1963…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-130 Street budgets
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In each city, city and county, and incorporated town, the street supervisor or authorized budget officer, in compliance with the local government budget law, shall prepare each year a tentative street budget covering all proposed expenditures for the ensuing calendar year for the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-131 Municipal allocations - delinquent reports - grace period
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The state treasurer or any other state officer so designated shall make complete allocations from highway user revenues to only those cities, cities and counties, or towns which have complied with all the requirements of this part 1. The state agency or department designated in t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-132 Annual municipal reports
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(1) On or before the thirtieth day of June of each year, every city, city and county, and incorporated town shall cause to be made and filed with the highway maintenance division a complete report of the expenditures of all moneys applied to city street systems during the calenda…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-132.5 Maintenance of local effort - highways. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 89, 1st Ex. Sess.: Entire section added, p. 60, � 16, effective August 1. L. 91: (4) amended, p. 1104, � 144, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section repealed, p. 96, � 1, effective March 18.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-133 State inspection of municipal projects
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Whenever any city, city and county, or incorporated town undertakes the construction of any street project which involves the expenditure of state funds and federal funds, it is the duty of the department of transportation to inspect such projects at such times as the department …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-134 Certification of designations - notice of change
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(1) Within thirty days after December 31, 1979, the department of transportation shall certify by brief description in duplicate to the governing body and to the clerk of each municipality which streets, together with the bridges or other structures thereon, if any, in such munic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-135 Division of authority over streets
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(1) The jurisdiction, control, and duty of the state, cities, cities and counties, and incorporated towns with respect to streets which are a part of the state highway system is as follows: (a) The city, city and county, and incorporated town shall exercise full responsibility fo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-136 Department makes rules for rating
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(1) The department of transportation shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations for a practical system of rating roads, streets, and highways based on sufficiency rating studies for the systems under its specific jurisdiction as follows: (a) Priorities for construction on t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-137 Counties submit priorities - instructions
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The boards of county commissioners of the various counties in Colorado and the city council of the city and county of Denver and the city council of the city and county of Broomfield shall annually submit to the commission priorities for the construction of roads and streets with…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-138 Municipalities submit priorities - instructions
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The city council or local governing authority of each incorporated place situated in Colorado shall annually submit to the commission, directly or through the board of county commissioners, priorities for the construction of roads and streets within its specific jurisdiction on t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-139 Roadside advertising on county roads
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The board of county commissioners of each county has the power to require all persons placing or maintaining road signs, guide boards, billboards, and bulletin boards, of any kind on any road constituting a part of the county highway system which do not conform to the standards d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-140 Roadside advertising on state highways. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 53: p. 529, � 40. CRS 53: � 120-13-40. C.R.S. 1963: � 120-13-40. L. 81: Entire section repealed, p. 2019, � 4, effective July 1. Cross references: For provisions concerning roadside advertising, see the Outdoor Advertising Act, part 4 of article 1 of this title 43.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-141 Violation of sections - penalties
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Any person or corporation who places or maintains any road signs, guide boards, billboards, or bulletin boards on any road constituting the county system in violation of section 43-2-139 commits a civil infraction. Any person or corporation which injures, defaces, or destroys any…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-142 Jurisdiction
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All courts of record having jurisdiction of misdemeanors have jurisdiction to try any case arising from the violation of this part 1 or any provision thereof. Source: L. 53: p. 529, � 42. CRS 53: � 120-13-42. C.R.S. 1963: � 120-13-42. L. 64: p. 312, � 283.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-143 Obstructing highway view - penalty. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 53: p. 530, � 43. CRS 53: � 120-13-43. C.R.S. 1963: � 120-13-43. L. 81: Entire section repealed, p. 2019, � 4, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-144 Intergovernmental highway contracts
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(1) The transportation commission, counties, and municipalities have the following powers, in addition to powers which they may already have, to contract with one another concerning streets, roads, and highways. (2) The board of county commissioners of any county is authorized to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-145 Transportation legislation review - committee - definition
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(1) (a) The transportation legislation review committee is hereby created in order to give guidance and direction to: (I) The department of transportation in the development of the state transportation system and to provide legislative overview of and input into such development;…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-146 Highway bypasses - public policy - when
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(1) It is the public policy of the state of Colorado that where the transportation commission has authorized a highway bypass to be built around any incorporated city or town or unincorporated business community of the state of Colorado, the original state highway or state and fe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-147 Access to public highways - definitions
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(1) (a) The department of transportation and local governments are authorized to regulate vehicular access to or from any public highway under their respective jurisdiction from or to property adjoining a public highway in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-201 Public highways
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(1) The following are declared to be public highways: (a) All roads over private lands dedicated to the public use by deed to that effect, filed with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such roads are situate, when such dedication has been accepted by the board o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-201.1 Closure of public highways extending to public lands - penalty
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(1) Any person, other than a governing body of a municipality or county acting pursuant to part 3 of this article 2, who intentionally blocks, obstructs, or closes any public highway, as described in section 43-2-201, that extends to any public land, including public land belongi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-202 County road and bridge fund - apportionment to municipalities
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(1) (a) A fund to be known as the county road and bridge fund is created and established in each county of this state. Such fund shall consist of the revenue derived from the tax authorized to be levied under section 43-2-203 for road and bridge construction, maintenance, and adm…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-203 County road and bridge budget - tax levy
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(1) As a part of the total county budget and in conformity with the Local Government Budget Law of Colorado, part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., each county shall annually adopt a county road and bridge budget for the ensuing fiscal year, which budget shall show: The aggrega…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-204 Commissioners authorized to acquire property for highways
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Boards of county commissioners, acting for their respective counties, are authorized to acquire by donation, by purchase, or by eminent domain proceedings in the name of such boards any private or public property necessary for the improvement or construction of state highways. Sa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-205 Rights-of-way - public land
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The board of county commissioners of each county in the state of Colorado is authorized to lease a right-of-way over any lands in the state of Colorado held for public purposes which are not in actual use for the purpose to which they are dedicated, for such period of time and un…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-206 Acquisition of rights of prior lessee
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If the board of county commissioners of any county, after entering into contract of lease of lands for highway purposes under the provisions of section 43-2-205, is unable to agree with the person holding possession under a prior lease, or otherwise, of any portion of the land so…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-207 Expense of construction and maintenance
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(1) The board of county commissioners of any county in the state of Colorado and the transportation commission of the state of Colorado are authorized to make such expenditures of moneys of the county and the state of Colorado appropriated to the construction and maintenance of h…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-209 Contract for work on highways - advertise for bids
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If any board of county commissioners desires to let out any work on the county highways by contract, it may advertise in a legal newspaper in the county or post a notice in the county courthouse, for a period of not less than ten days before the contract is let, for sealed propos…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-210 Only residents of county to be given employment
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Only those persons who, at the time of employment, are residents of the county in which the project is being carried on shall be given employment insofar as possible. The residence of a person is considered to be that place in which his habitation is fixed and to which, whenever …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-211 Cattle guards - specifications
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The board of county commissioners of a county has authority to establish cattle guards on highways at the expense of the county or to permit the owners of land adjoining a county highway to establish cattle guards on highways at the expense of the landowners. All such cattle guar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-212 Sections applicable only to county highways
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The provisions of sections 43-2-211 to 43-2-213 shall apply to the establishment of cattle guards on highways designated as county highways. Source: L. 41: p. 652, � 2. CSA: C. 143, � 155. CRS 53: � 120-1-16. C.R.S. 1963: � 120-1-12.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-213 Not deemed an obstruction
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Cattle guards permitted and established under the provisions of sections 43-2-211 and 43-2-212 shall not constitute an obstruction of the highway under the provisions of section 43-5-301. Source: L. 41: p. 652, � 3. CSA: C. 143, � 156. CRS 53: � 120-1-17. C.R.S. 1963: � 120-1-13.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-214 County highway anticipation warrant retirement fund
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Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county within the territorial limits of which there is or may be developed a producing oil or gas field deems it necessary to anticipate its road revenues in whole or in part for the construction, making, or repairing of public ro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-215 Moneys allocated to fund
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Upon creation and establishment of such fund the board of county commissioners of such county shall thereupon allocate to said fund all moneys which may become available to such county for highway purposes from federal royalties, together with such additional revenues as the boar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-216 Warrants - sale - duration - interest
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When the board of county commissioners of such county has determined and approved, by resolution of the board, any highway project for the construction, repair, or improvement of highways within its territorial limits, either by the county itself or with the department of transpo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-217 County treasurer fiscal agent
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The county treasurer of such county shall be the fiscal agent of the county in connection with such highway anticipation warrants and shall administer said fund so as to retire such warrants therefrom at such times and in such manner as the board of county commissioners may presc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-218 Sections supplemental
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Sections 43-2-214 to 43-2-218 are supplemental and in addition to all other powers and authorities by statute or otherwise granted and enjoyed by the respective counties of the state. Source: L. 47: p. 750, � 6. CSA: C. 143, � 161. CRS 53: � 120-1-22. C.R.S. 1963: � 120-1-18. 43-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-301 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Block means that portion of a subdivision surrounded by streets, however designated, or other boundary lines and platted as a block, plot, tract, square, or other designated unit. (2) Owner or owner of record incl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-302 Vesting of title upon vacation
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(1) Subject to the requirements set forth in sections 43-1-210 (5) and 43-2-106 governing the disposition of certain property by the department of transportation, whenever any roadway has been designated on the plat of any tract of land or has been conveyed to or acquired by a co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-303 Methods of vacation
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(1) All right, title, or interest of a county, of an incorporated town or city, or of the state or of any of its political subdivisions in and to any roadway shall be divested upon vacation of such roadway by any of the following methods: (a) The city council or other similar aut…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-304 Limitation of actions
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Any limitation established by this part 3 shall apply to causes of action which have accrued prior to May 5, 1949, as well as to all causes of action accruing thereafter. The right to institute an action shall not be barred by reason of the limitations prescribed in said part 3 u…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-401 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Applicant means a homeowner or renter residing in an eligible area, or the operator of a temporary housing facility or public housing facility located in an eligible area, who submits an application to the transpo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-402 Noise mitigation measures
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(1) An applicant may submit an application for noise mitigation measures to the department between November 1 and March 31 in accordance with the application procedures established by the transportation commission by rule. (2) An application for noise mitigation measures shall: (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-2-403 Noise mitigation - privately funded - rules
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(1) An applicant may submit an application for noise mitigation measures to be privately funded to the department at any time in accordance with the application procedures established by the transportation commission by rule. (2) An application for privately funded noise mitigati…