Title HAY, Highway

§ 226. Co-ordination of projects. So far as practicable, the town\nboards and town superintendents of adjoining towns, within the county,\ncontemplating projects with the county superintendent, may confer by\ncommittees or their representatives, and may cooperate with a view to\…

§ 227. State aid to towns. 1. a. To aid the towns in the improvement,\nrepair or reconstruction of town highways pursuant to this article, the\nstate, within the amount appropriated therefor, shall pay a fractional\npart of the actual cost of each approved project. The numerator…

§ 228. Payment of state aid. 1. The county superintendent shall notify\nthe commissioner when work has been commenced on an approved project. As\nwork progresses on a project according to approved plans and\nspecifications, a town may request the state aid in relation thereto to…

§ 229. Financing of town's share of cost. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any other law, a town may appropriate and spend money to\npay its share of the cost of an approved project.\n 2. Moneys for the town's share of the cost shall be raised by tax on\ntaxable real proper…

§ 229-a. Federal aid. 1. If the federal government, through any\nfederal law, makes an allotment of moneys or otherwise provides\nfinancial aid and assistance for approved projects, the commissioner is\nhereby authorized to accept such federal moneys, aid and assistance, to\nsig…

§ 229-b. Disbursement of moneys; accounts and reports. Moneys\nappropriated by a town and available for approved projects shall be\ndisbursed by the town supervisor upon vouchers approved by the town\nsuperintendent, in the manner provided for the disbursement of town\nmoneys un…

§ 229-c. Existing rights. The repeal of article eight-A of the highway\nlaw, as added by chapter three hundred fifteen of the laws of nineteen\nhundred sixty shall not affect or impair any act done or right accruing,\naccrued or acquired, or liability incurred prior to the time …

§ 229-d. Duration of article. This article and the provisions thereof\nshall remain in full force and effect until April first, nineteen\nhundred eighty-two.\n

* § 23. Rubber-modified asphalt pilot project. 1. The commissioner\nshall undertake in nineteen hundred eighty-eight, a pilot project for\nthe utilization of rubber-modified asphalt in the construction or\nimprovement of state highways. Such rubber-modified asphalt pilot\nprojec…

* § 23. Coal combustion by-product demonstration project. 1. The\ncommissioner shall undertake in nineteen hundred eighty-eight, after\nconsultation with and in cooperation with the commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation, a demonstration project utilizing coal\ncombustion b…

§ 230. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Bridge" means a structure including supports erected over a\ndepression or an obstruction such as water, highway, or railway, having\na track or passageway for carrying traf…

§ 231. Program of comprehensive bridge management and inspection. 1.\nProgram establishment. The commissioner is authorized and directed to\nestablish, implement and exercise oversight of and over a program of\ncomprehensive bridge management and inspection. Such program shall\n…

§ 232. Uniform code of bridge inspection. 1. Code development; rules\nand regulations. The commissioner shall, after public hearing,\npromulgate a uniform code of bridge inspection, hereinafter referred to\nas the "code", by rule and regulation which shall be known as the\nunifo…

§ 233. State bridges and culverts. 1. The commissioner shall cause an\ninspection to be made of any state bridge or culvert which is reported\nto be unsafe for its posted loading by the regional director or the\ncounty superintendent or the town superintendent. If such bridge or…

§ 234. Public authority, public benefit corporation, commission,\ncounty, town, city or village bridges. 1. a. All public authorities,\npublic benefit corporations, commissions, county superintendents of\nhighways, town superintendents of highways, and legislative bodies of\ncit…

§ 236. Program of railroad bridge inspection. 1. Program\nestablishment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the\ncontrary, the commissioner is authorized and directed to establish,\nimplement and exercise oversight over a program of railroad bridge\ninspection in conf…

§ 237. When town or county expense. The towns of this state, except as\notherwise herein provided, shall be liable to pay the expenses for the\nconstruction and repair of its public or free bridges constructed over\nstreams or other waters within their bounds, and their just and…

§ 238. Construction or improvement of bridge by county and town or\ntowns. The board of supervisors of a county may provide for the\nconstruction or improvement of a bridge in one or more towns of a county\nand at the joint expense of the county and town or towns as provided in\…

§ 239. Joint liabilities of towns and their joint contracts. Whenever\nany two or more towns shall be liable to make or maintain any bridge or\nbridges, the same shall be built and maintained at the joint expense of\nsuch towns, without reference to town lines, except where the …

§ 240. Refusal to repair. If the town board of either of such towns,\nafter notice in writing from the town board of any other of such towns,\ngiven by the town clerk thereof, shall not within twenty days give their\nconsent in writing to build or repair any such bridge, and sha…

§ 241. Proceedings in court. Whenever two or more adjoining towns\nwhich, under the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to make or\nmaintain any bridge whether in the same or different counties, three\nfreeholders in either of such towns may, by petition signed by them,\n…

§ 242. Supervisor to institute proceedings. The supervisor of any such\ntown shall, when directed by the town board, institute and prosecute\nproceedings under this chapter, in the name of the town, to compel the\ntown board of such adjoining town or towns to cause the town\nsup…

§ 243. Duty of town superintendents. The order for building,\nrebuilding or repairing a bridge being made, and a copy thereof being\nserved on the town superintendent of such adjoining towns respectively\nthe town superintendents of such towns shall forthwith meet and cause\nsuc…

§ 244. Report of town superintendents, and levy of tax. The town\nsuperintendent of each town shall make a full and verified report of\ntheir proceedings in the premises including an accurate account of what\nhas been done in respect to such bridge, and shall attach thereto a co…

§ 245. Appeals. Either party aggrieved by the granting or refusing to\ngrant such order by the court at special term, may appeal from such\ndecision to the appellate division of the supreme court for the review\nof the decision. The appellate division may alter, modify or revers…

§ 246. Power of court on appeal. The special term may grant or refuse\ncosts as upon a motion, including also witnesses' fees, referees' fees\nand disbursements. The appeal provided for in the last preceding section\nshall conform to the practice of the supreme court, in case of…

§ 247. Refusal to repair bridges. Whenever any such bridge shall have\nbeen or shall be so out of repair as to render it unsafe for travelers\nto pass over the same, or whenever any such bridge shall have fallen\ndown, or been swept away by a freshet or otherwise, if the town\ns…

§ 248. Resolution of board of supervisors for abolition of toll\nbridges. The board of supervisors of any county may, and upon the\npresentation of a petition signed by fifty per centum of the owners of\nreal property and representing a majority of the assessed valuation of\nthe…

§ 249. Investigation by the department of transportation. The\ndepartment of transportation shall upon the receipt of such resolution\nor concurrent resolution, investigate and determine whether the bridge\nso sought to be abolished is of sufficient public importance to come\nwi…

§ 250. Acquisition by attorney general. Upon the receipt of such\ncertification of approval the attorney general shall, in the name of the\npeople of the state, acquire title to said toll bridge and its franchise\nrights in accordance with the provisions of the eminent domain pr…

§ 251. Payment of expense of acquisition. One-half of the expense\nincurred in the condemnation and acquirement of said toll bridge shall\nbe paid by the department of taxation and finance upon the warrant of\nthe comptroller out of any specific appropriations made to carry on t…

§ 252. Maintenance of bridge. When a toll bridge shall have been\nacquired by the state under the provisions of this article it shall be\nmaintained as a free bridge and the expense thereof shall be a charge\nupon the town or towns or city or cities within which it is situated.\…

§ 253. Use of toll bridge by public service corporations; conditions;\npowers of town board. After a bridge shall be acquired by the state\nunder the provisions of this article, the same shall not be used by any\nrailroad, telephone, gas, electric light, heat or power company or…

§ 254. Acquisition of certain toll bridges at the expense of the\nstate. 1. If a toll bridge for the traffic of vehicles and foot\npassengers is located on a state highway or constitutes a connecting\nlink between two state routes as described in section three hundred\nforty-one…

§ 255. Unsafe toll bridge. Whenever complaint in writing on oath,\nshall be made to the town superintendent, of any town in which shall be\nin whole or in part any toll bridge belonging to any person or\ncorporation, representing that such toll bridge has from any cause\nbecome …

§ 260. Payment of cost of state highway. The entire expense of the\nconstruction or improvement of a state highway shall be paid by the\ndepartment of taxation and finance upon the warrant of the comptroller\nissued upon the requisition of the department of transportation out of…

§ 261. Apportionment and source of funds. Construction of highways\nunder this chapter shall proceed equitably among counties as far as\npracticable, using as a basis the ratio that the unbuilt mileage in each\ncounty bears to the total unbuilt mileage in the state, as herein\np…

§ 262. Appropriations by state for the maintenance, repair, and\nreconstruction of state highways and state owned bridges thereon. There\nshall be annually appropriated for the maintenance, repair, and\nreconstruction of improved state highways and state owned bridges\nthereon, …

§ 263. Payment for construction in connection with railroad grade\ncrossing eliminations. In carrying out railroad grade crossing\nelimination work under the provisions of the railroad law and the grade\ncrossing elimination act, if it becomes necessary, in the judgment of\nthe …

§ 264. Provision of funds by county or town. Whenever the board of\nsupervisors shall have, by resolution, appropriated and made immediately\navailable to the requisition of the department of transportation an\namount sufficient to pay its share of the cost of the construction o…

§ 265. Levy of tax upon county. Each supervisor shall present to the\nclerk of the board of supervisors, on or before November tenth, a\nstatement specifying the amount paid during the preceding year ended on\nOctober thirty-first, for the construction, care, maintenance,\nprese…

§ 266. Payment for machinery, tools, equipment and implements. After\nthe authorization of the purchase of machinery or equipment as\nprescribed in section one hundred forty-two, the town board may direct\nand authorize the supervisor to complete the purchase of such machinery\n…

§ 269. Extraordinary repairs of highways and bridges. If any highway\nor bridge or the board walk on any highway less than two rods in width,\nor a walk built to replace the same under section one hundred and\nfifty-one, shall at any time be damaged or destroyed by the elements …

§ 270. Audit of damages without action. The town board of any town may\naudit as a town charge, in the same manner as other town charges are\naudited, any one claim not exceeding five hundred dollars, for damages\nto person or property, heretofore or hereafter sustained by reaso…

§ 271. Limitations of amounts to be raised. The amounts to be raised\nby tax upon the vote of a town board, as provided in this article, shall\nbe subject to the following limitations: 1. The amount to be levied and\ncollected in each year for the repair and improvement of highw…

§ 272. Submission of propositions at town meetings. A proposition to\nauthorize the levy and collection of an amount greater than that\nspecified in the preceding section for any of the purposes therein\nmentioned may be submitted upon the written application of twenty-five\ntax…

§ 274. Provision of funds for bridge and highway purposes. Nothing\ncontained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the provision by\na town, pursuant to the local finance law, in whole or in part, of funds\nto be expended for the following purposes:\n 1. Constructing, b…

§ 274-a. Power of county, city or town to provide funds for snow\nremoval. The board of supervisors of any county, the governing board or\nbody of any city, the town board of any town, or the board of trustees\nof any village may provide funds for snow removal purposes and for t…

§ 277. Assessment of village property. In any town in which there may\nbe an incorporated village, which forms a separate road district, and\nwherein the roads and streets are maintained at the expense of such\nvillage, all property within such village shall be exempt from the l…

§ 278. Statement by clerk of board of supervisors. The clerk of the\nboard of supervisors of each county shall, on or before the first day of\nJanuary of each year, transmit to the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of transportation a statement, signed and verified by the\…