Title 13a, Title 13a: Highways and Bridges

Secs. 13a-199 to 13a-210. Definitions. Bonds. Preliminary requirements for issuance of bonds. Highway Commissioner may issue contracts. Issuance of bonds. Bond declaration. Treasurer to make bond declarations; general powers. Additional expressway bonds. General obligation bonds.…

Secs. 13a-211 to 13a-214. Anticipation notes. Use of receipts from tolls and charges. Additional Expressway Construction Fund. Expressway Reserve Fund. Sections 13a-211 to 13a-214, inclusive, are repealed. (1953, 1955, June, 1955, S. 1212d, 1216d, 1236d; 1957, P.A. 2, S. 3; 558, …

Secs. 13a-215 to 13a-220. Investment of funds. Pledges binding. Tax exemption. Agreement with bond holders. Committee to receive no compensation; majority action required. Prior covenants and contracts not affected. Sections 13a-215 to 13a-220, inclusive, are repealed, effective …

Secs. 13a-221 to 13a-228. Gold Star Memorial Bridge. Sections 13a-221 to 13a-228, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2309, 2310, 2316, 2317, 2319, 2321–2323; 1955, S. 1251d; 1958 Rev., S. 13-194, 13-195, 13-197–13-201; 1961, P.A. 478; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 221, 222, 224–228; 57…

Secs. 13a-229 to 13a-234. Hartford and East Hartford Bridge. Sections 13a-229 to 13a-234, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1243d, 2295, 2301, 2302, 2304; 1949, March, 1950, S. 1244d; 1957, P.A. 643, S. 1–4; 1958 Rev., S. 13-206–13-211; 1961, P.A. 400; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 22…

Secs. 13a-235 to 13a-238. Use of tolls. Bonds to be legal investments. Payment of bonds. Not to be affected by other acts. Sections 13a-235 to 13a-238, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2328, 2329, 2335, 2337; 1955, S. 1256d; 1958 Rev., S. 13-202–13-205; 1963, P.A. 226, S. …

Sec. 13a-239. Bond issue. (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of sections 13a-239 to 13a-246, inclusive, from time to time to authorize, in one or more series and in principal amounts not in the aggregate exceeding eight million dolla…

Sec. 13a-240. Request for bond authorization. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Transportation and st…

Sec. 13a-241. Payment, maturity, interest. All of said bonds of any such series shall be payable at such place or places as may be determined by the Treasurer pursuant to section 3-19 and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from …

Sec. 13a-242. Sale of bonds. Use of proceeds. Except as otherwise expressly provided in sections 13a-239 to 13a-246, inclusive, all of said bonds shall be issued in accordance with section 3-20 and be sold at a price not less than the principal amount thereof plus accrued interes…

Sec. 13a-243. Appropriation of bond proceeds. Action of Transportation Commissioner. By the filing as provided in section 13a-240 of a determination authorizing a series of bonds for a purpose described in said determination in accordance with said section 13a-240, the principal …

Sec. 13a-244. Federal aid. For the purposes of sections 13a-239 to 13a-246, inclusive, “state moneys” means the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized pursuant to said sections or of temporary notes issued in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of such bonds. …

Sec. 13a-245. Excess funds. Any balance of proceeds of sale of said bonds and federal moneys added to the state moneys available for the project in excess of the costs of the project shall be immediately reported to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Net earnin…

Sec. 13a-246. Utilization of other funds. Subject to the limitations referred to in section 13a-32, nothing in sections 13a-239 to 13a-246, inclusive, shall prevent expenditure for the project authorized by said section 13a-32 by the Commissioner of Transportation in accordance w…

Sec. 13a-247. Excavations, obstructions and subtractions. (a) No person, firm, corporation or utility company shall excavate within or under, or place any obstruction or substruction within, under, upon or over, or interfere with construction, reconstruction or maintenance of or …

Sec. 13a-248. Payments to volunteer fire companies for calls on limited access highways, Berlin Turnpike and South Meadows Expressway and Route 8 in the Naugatuck State Forest. Section 13a-248 is repealed, effective August 20, 2003. (1959, P.A. 540, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 550; 1963, P.…

Sec. 13a-249. Erection of temporary buildings for purposes incidental to the construction and maintenance of highways. The commissioner may erect temporary buildings upon land owned by the state and under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation for purposes incidenta…

Sec. 13a-250. Use of labor of correctional institution inmates. The warden of the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, the warden of the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire or the Community Correctional Center Administrator, upon the requisition of the commissione…

Sec. 13a-251. Maintenance of James H. MacDonald Memorial Park. The commissioner may maintain, from funds available to the Department of Transportation, the James H. MacDonald Memorial Park in the town of Avon. (1949 Rev., S. 2235; 1958 Rev., S. 13-102; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 251; 196…

Sec. 13a-252. Certain ferries to be operated by state. Fees. Rocky Hill ferry deemed a state historic structure. (a) The ferries crossing the Connecticut River, known as the Rocky Hill ferry and the Chester and Hadlyme ferry, shall be maintained and operated by the Commissioner o…

Sec. 13a-253. State dock at East Haddam. (a) The commissioner may repair, maintain and operate the dock on the east bank of the Connecticut River, known as the “Opera House Dock”, in the town of East Haddam, as a public convenience. The commissioner may make regulations, consiste…

Sec. 13a-254. Renaming of memorial highways. When a state highway which has been given a name by act of the General Assembly has been reconstructed, relocated or renumbered, the commissioner may apply such name to such reconstructed, relocated or renumbered section except when th…

Sec. 13a-254a. Ella T. Grasso Turnpike named. The portion of the state highway designated as Connecticut Route 75 running from the southern border of the Windsor Locks town line to the northern border of the Windsor Locks town line shall be named the Ella T. Grasso Turnpike. (P.A…

Sec. 13a-255. Establishment of a Connecticut coordinate system. (a) Designation of systems. Publication of descriptions. The systems of plane coordinates which have been established by the National Geodetic Survey created by the National Ocean Service, formerly the United States …

Sec. 13a-256. Highway research program. For each fiscal year, there may be allocated two hundred fifty thousand dollars out of funds available to the commissioner not otherwise specifically allocated, to be used for a continuing joint highway research program. The commissioner an…

Sec. 13a-257. Contractor not immune from liability. The immunity of the state from liability for damage or injuries incurred on a highway or bridge closed under the provisions of sections 13a-115 and 13a-145 shall not extend to any contractor performing work for the state on such…

Sec. 13a-258. Maintenance of sidewalks pending completion of highway project. The Commissioner of Transportation shall maintain any sidewalk, including the removal of snow and ice, abutting property acquired for highway purposes, from the date of acquisition until the section of …

Sec. 13a-259. Permits for filming on highways and property of the Department of Transportation. Liability. The Commissioner of Transportation, following the presentment of a state film permit by a person pursuant to subsection (c) of section 32-1u, may issue a filming permit, on …

Sec. 13a-260. Pilot program to test fully autonomous vehicles. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Fully autonomous vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is equipped with an automated driving system, designed to function without an operator and classified as level four or le…

Sec. 13a-261. Definitions. For the purposes of this section and sections 13a-262 to 13a-269, inclusive: (1) “Department” means the Department of Transportation. (2) “Owner” means a person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered under the provisions of chapter 246 or law of an…

Sec. 13a-262. Program re work zone speed control systems in highway work zone. (a) The department may establish a program to operate work zone speed control systems in a highway work zone, provided the department does not operate such systems at more than fifteen highway work zon…

Sec. 13a-263. Exceeding speed limit in highway work zone detected by work zone speed control system. Penalty. (a) No person operating a motor vehicle shall exceed the posted speed limit by ten or more miles per hour, as detected by a work zone speed control system, within a highw…

Sec. 13a-264. Review of recorded images. Notice of violation. Defenses. (a)(1) Whenever a work zone speed control system detects and produces recorded images of a motor vehicle allegedly committing a violation of section 13a-263, a sworn member or authorized member of the Divisio…

Sec. 13a-265. Information to Department of Transportation and vendor. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide the Department of Transportation and any vendor with information regarding the owner of a motor vehicle identified by a work zone speed control system as allegedly…

Sec. 13a-266. Motor vehicle registration where penalty for exceeding speed limit in highway work zone detected by work zone speed control system is unpaid. If an owner fails to (1) pay the fine and any additional fee imposed for a violation or conviction of section 13a-263, (2) s…

Sec. 13a-267. Personally identifiable information. (a) No personally identifiable information shall be sold or disclosed by the department or a vendor to any person or entity except where the disclosure is made (1) in connection with the charging, collection and enforcement of th…

Sec. 13a-268. Regulations. The Commissioner of Transportation may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 13a-262 to 13a-267, inclusive, and establish standards and procedures for work zone speed control systems.…

Sec. 13a-269. Annual report re operational work zone speed control systems. Not later than February 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of t…