Title 13a — Title 13a: Highways and Bridges

Sec. 13a-1. Definitions. (a) As used in this title: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Transportation and includes each successor in office or authority; (2) “Highway” includes streets and roads; (3) “Limited access state highway” means any state highway so designated u…

Sec. 13a-10. Powers and duties. Bills. Account. The superintendent of highways and bridges shall possess the powers and shall perform the duties in and for such town which are conferred and imposed by law upon the selectmen for the care and maintenance of highways, bridges and si…

Sec. 13a-11. Adoption of town superintendent provisions. The provisions of sections 13a-8 to 13a-11, inclusive, may be adopted, in the manner prescribed in section 9-369, at a regular or special meeting in any town. The selectmen of any town, upon the petition of five per cent of…

Sec. 13a-12. Repair of highways in boroughs. Damages for defects. Any town having a borough within its limits shall pay to such borough such part of the moneys, collected or appropriated by such town for the repairs of highways, as is agreed upon between the selectmen of such tow…

Sec. 13a-13. Layout or repair of highways dividing towns. A petition for an order for the laying out, repair, resurfacing or other improvement of any highway, which is the dividing line between two towns or adjoins the dividing line between two towns, or is located wholly within …

Sec. 13a-13a. Establishment of alternative design standards for roads and bridges. (a) On or before January 1, 1999, the Commissioner of Transportation shall establish alternative design standards for bridges, principal and minor arterial roads, collector roads and local roads an…

Secs. 13a-2 to 13a-3a. Highway Commissioner: Appointment; oath of office; powers and duties. Commuter parking facilities. Sections 13a-2 to 13a-3a, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2180–2182, 2196, 2197; November, 1949, S. 1196d; 1955, S. 1185d, 1186d, 1196d; November, 195…

Sec. 13a-3b. Entry on private property to repair damage caused by Transportation Department operations. Notwithstanding any provision of any statute to the contrary, the Commissioner of Transportation or his agent, with the approval of the Claims Commissioner, may enter upon priv…

Sec. 13a-4. Records. Court copies. Delegation of commissioner's authority to sign documents. Section 13a-4 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2180; 1955, S. 1185d; 1958 Rev., S. 13-67; 1961, P.A. 160; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 412; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 263.)

Sec. 13a-5. Construction of roads and bridges for military purposes. The commissioner, upon request of the Federal Highway Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation of the United States, may enter into agreements, subject to the limitations of se…

Sec. 13a-6. Reimbursement by federal government. Nothing herein shall authorize the commissioner to proceed under the provisions of section 13a-5 and subsection (c) of section 13a-73 with any work pertaining to any such roads or bridges unless, under the Act of Congress or the fe…

Sec. 13a-7. Layout, alteration, grading, discontinuance in cities and boroughs. In cities and boroughs whose charters do not authorize them to lay out, alter, grade and discontinue highways within their limits, the common council of cities and the warden and burgesses of boroughs…

Sec. 13a-8. Appointment and removal of town superintendent of highways and bridges. Any town adopting the provisions of sections 13a-8 to 13a-11, inclusive, may appoint a superintendent of highways and bridges. Within thirty days after the adoption of said sections by any town ha…

Sec. 13a-9. Qualifications; bond; salary. A superintendent of highways and bridges shall possess practical and technical qualifications for the duties of such office and shall hold no other office in the town government. The superintendent shall be bonded, in an amount fixed by t…