Title 23, Title 23

When any town, in the judgment of the Department of Transportation, unreasonably fails to either raise, appropriate or pay the cost of snow removal, or without cause fails to keep open any state or state aid highway as required in section 1001 or 1003, the department shall cause …

The department each season shall make a rental price per hour for all snow removal motor equipment which shall be approved by it as being adequate and economical for this work. All contracts with the towns, either by the mile or otherwise, shall be subject to the approval of the …

No town in which a state or state aid highway lies shall be relieved from any obligations of statute relating to ways blocked or encumbered with snow, anything to the contrary in chapters 1 to 19 notwithstanding.

The boundary line between the State of New Hampshire and the State of Maine, as established and marked in 1927, 1928 and 1929, under the public laws of 1927, chapter 21, shall be perambulated once in 7 years forever and the line marked and bounds renewed whenever necessary. The G…

The Governor shall authorize the Department of Transportation to notify and make such arrangements with the proper authorities of the State of New Hampshire as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter.

A return of the perambulation shall be made, describing the marks and monuments of such line and particularly describing any change of location or resetting of any monument as authorized in this subchapter, and such return shall be signed by the duly authorized representatives of…

No person shall willfully or maliciously disturb or injure, or, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, remove, obliterate, deface or cover up any monument or mark designating this boundary line of the State. Any persons desirous of removing and replacing any such monume…

Any person violating section 1114 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $50, or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or by both.

No work shall be done or money expended under this subchapter until similar legislation has been enacted by the State of New Hampshire.

The Commissioner of Transportation shall adopt rules to establish the Adopt-A-Highway Program that permit business organizations and nonprofit community organizations to participate in litter control and beautification activities on all state highways and town ways. Notwithstandi…

The department shall lay out, construct and maintain a system of state and state aid highways substantially as described in chapters 1 to 19. All persons employed by the department under chapters 1 to 19 are authorized to the extent necessary for surveys and preliminary engineeri…

If the municipal officers of one or more municipalities or the county commissioners, if they are acting in the capacity of municipal officers, and the owner or owners of a ski area open to the general public, the owner or owners of a public industrial development area or the owne…

1. Petition. The town officers of one or more towns or the county commissioners, if they are acting in the capacity of town officers, may petition the department for the reconstruction or rehabilitation of a town way that serves as an access road to a bridge designated pursuant t…

If the municipal officers of one or more municipalities determine it necessary that a public road be constructed to spur economic development, downtown revitalization or neighborhood preservation; to create new housing stock; to promote mixed-use or densely settled village center…

It is unlawful to construct or maintain any driveway, entrance or approach within the right-of-way of any state highway or state aid highway, as defined in section 53, that lies outside the compact area of an urban compact municipality, as defined in section 754, without a writte…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Department" means the Department of Transportation. [PL 1999, c. 468, §2 (NEW).] A-1. "High-speed rural arterial highway" means an arterial highwa…

The Department of Transportation shall oversee the installation or replacement of culverts within the right-of-way on state and state aid highways lying outside the compact area of an urban compact municipality as defined in section 754. An abutter desiring to establish a new dri…

1. Location or construction. The Department of Transportation shall develop or approve standards for the location or construction of curbs on each side of a way in the business district or area as defined by the department of any municipality for which curbs have been prescribed.…

All privately employed flaggers at highway construction sites on public ways must have training in controlling traffic at construction sites in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in the American National Standards Institute, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices…

1. Definitions. All definitions in Title 5, section 1769, subsection 1 apply in this section. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Transportation. [PL 1991, c.…

Whenever the Department of Transportation undertakes a project for construction or reconstruction of a public way, the owner of an aboveground facility, including but not limited to poles, guys, hydrants, transformers or other utility facilities, within that portion of the public…

The department shall provide a system of maintenance for all state highways to which section 1001 may apply and for all state aid highways to which section 802 may apply so that all sections of such highways may be effectually and economically preserved and maintained, in accorda…

The department shall be sole arbiter of the designation of state highways, but shall, after reasonable notice by publication, give all parties interested an opportunity to be heard thereon before such designation is made. [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).] The expense of constructing …

1. Jurisdiction. Except as otherwise provided, all state and state aid highways within compact areas of urban compact municipalities, as defined in subsection 2, as determined by the department must be maintained in good repair by the town in which the highways are located at the…

Municipal officers may petition the department to designate as state aid highways such public ways within their jurisdiction as will best serve outlying communities, connect adjoining towns and villages and facilitate travel in reaching markets, railroad connections and state roa…

State aid highways must be continually maintained under the direction and control of the department at the expense of the State except as provided in sections 705, 754 and 1003.

Municipal officers are authorized to cooperate with the State Department of Transportation and with the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, in the designation and construction of such parts of any federal aid secondary highway roads that are or will be within their re…

The department may cause or allow grasses, shrubs, vines and trees to be planted and maintained along state and state aid highways, to be paid for as part of the cost of construction and maintenance of highways. The department shall consult with the recognized tree board or tree …

The department may enter into agreements with individuals or organizations who wish to plant grasses, vines, trees or flowers, or to make gifts or appropriations to carry out this subchapter.

The department is authorized to construct along state and state aid highways roadside picnic areas, roadside springs, scenic turnouts or other landscaping where in the opinion of the department it may seem advisable and place distinguishing signs upon the same. The department is …