Title 24, Title 24 Title 24

(a) The director of transportation shall annually make a report to the general assembly, during the month of January, setting forth in detail all the department’s transactions during the preceding year, and making such recommendations for improving the Rhode Island highway system…

The director of transportation shall prepare and carry out a plan regarding an implementation schedule for all roads changing jurisdiction as a result of this section. Any road that changes jurisdiction and becomes a municipal road, under the enactment of this section, that such …

The initial review of the functional classification system for jurisdictional purposes shall be completed by May 15, 1988. A review of this functional classification system shall take place every ten (10) years. The review shall come under the supervision and authority of the sta…

The director of transportation is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and § 43-3-17, to establish and adopt a pavement management program, and to enforce the provisions thereof.

The director of transportation shall have the power and authority to improve with automatic protection devices or by relocating or rebuilding existing highway-railroad crossings at grade, or by reconstructing existing railroad and highway separation structures, if the improvement…

The department of transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to plant trees, shrubs and otherwise beautify the area within the limits of a road in a manner and at locations as the department may deem advisable, and the cost of the work shall be paid from moneys, appropriat…

All road construction or improvements made by the director of transportation shall be, and all repairs may be, performed by written contract, made by the department of administration in behalf of the state, and after advertisement, by order of the department of administration has…

The person whose proposal or bid is accepted by the department of administration, shall be required to give bond, in a sum not less than fifty percent (50%) of the contract price, to indemnify the town or city where the road lies against damage while the road is being constructed…

(a) Every town or city shall at its own expense keep state roads within its limits, respectively, sufficiently clear of snow and ice so the roads shall be reasonably safe for travel as now required by law, and shall at once notify in writing the director of transportation or his …

The amounts which the state, cities, and towns shall receive from the appropriations provided for in this chapter, shall annually be determined by the state controller upon filing by the director of transportation of a report setting forth the number of miles of roads within the …

The sums paid to the state, cities, or towns under the provisions of this chapter shall be used exclusively within the state, and within the cities and towns for those roads listed under § 24-8-17. The sums shall only be spent for maintenance and repair. Except up to twenty-five …

(a) Whenever it is necessary for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, or repairing state roads to close such roads to the traveling public, the department of transportation shall provide suitable detours, and when roads other than state roads are designated by the departm…

No owner or other persons shall hereafter locate a pump as defined in § 31-36-1, or a pump to be used to distribute lubricating oils or any attachments thereof within ten feet (10′) of the boundary line of a state road without first obtaining the permission of the department of t…

All bridges lying in any highway or highways which have been constructed by or upon which work has been done by the state under the supervision of the state board of public roads shall hereafter come under the supervision of the director of transportation.

The director of transportation shall make an examination of all state bridges, and shall determine which of the bridges shall be constructed, repaired or reconstructed, and contracts shall be placed in the manner prescribed by § 24-8-12 for the construction, reparation or reconst…

(a) Upon the completion of the construction, reparation or reconstruction of any of the bridges, used by any public utility, the director of transportation shall file a full and detailed statement setting forth the amount expended in the construction, reparation or reconstruction…

All bridges so repaired, constructed, or reconstructed pursuant to the provisions set forth in this chapter shall, upon the completion of the construction, reparation or reconstruction, be and become a part of the state highway system, and shall henceforth be repaired, maintained…

Any bridge lying in any highway or highways which have been constructed by or upon which work has been done by the state under the supervision of the director of transportation, which shall not be constructed, repaired, or reconstructed by the director of transportation before th…

(a) Every town or city in which any bridge is located, which shall be maintained by the state under the provisions of this chapter, shall at its own expense keep the bridge within its limits sufficiently clear of snow and ice so that the bridge shall be reasonably safe for travel…

(a) The word “bridge” as used in this chapter shall be a structure including supports erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, highway, or railway, and having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having an opening measured along…

Whenever the words “commissioner of the Rhode Island stone bridge” occur in any general law, public law, or resolution of the general assembly or are used in any document, record, instrument, or proceeding authorized by any such law or resolution relating to the commissioner of t…

Red Bridge, lying between Providence and East Providence, is excluded from the provisions of this chapter.

The provisions of this chapter shall not be used or construed in any manner or in any way so as to prevent the state from receiving any kind or type of government or federal aid for the roads and bridges of the state from the United States government.

Whenever any culvert, drain, or watercourse has been placed and maintained or has existed under or within a state highway for the purpose of disposing of surface water drainage, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to obstruct, block, or close any intake or o…

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make any connection into a state road drainage system, or to drain or pump water onto the travelled surface of a state highway without first obtaining written permission from the director of the state department of trans…

(a) The legislature recognizes the need for the director of the department of transportation to establish and maintain the safe condition and integrity of state roads. Accordingly, the director is authorized to regulate direct vehicle access to state roads in situations whereby a…

If any person shall incur damage to his or her motor vehicle by reason of a pothole on any state highway, causeway, or bridge which damage would not have occurred without the existence of the pothole, he or she may recover from the state the amount of damages sustained up to and …

Any person, firm, or corporation aggrieved by a decision of the director pursuant to this chapter has the right to an appeal in accordance with the procedures contained within chapter 35 of title 42.

Any person, firm, corporation, or municipality who violates any of the provisions of §§ 24-8-32 — 24-8-34 may be enjoined upon a complaint filed by the director in superior court.

The state shall on or before the twenty-seventh day of June of each year cause the center yellow lines in the town of Bristol to be painted red, white, and blue beginning on Hope Street at the intersection of Chestnut Street continuing south on Hope Street to the intersection of …

The department of transportation shall install bidirectional control devices on all new or upgraded ramps exiting from any divided highway within this state. These devices shall be placed at the end of each ramp and shall conform with § 2E-41 of the manual for uniform traffic con…

The director of transportation shall have the power and authority to improve, rebuild, and reconstruct any existing state highway in accordance with this section, if the improvement, rebuilding, and reconstruction will facilitate the free and easy movement of vehicle traffic and …

All persons working on any public way in this state shall be required to wear distinctly visible clothing of a type approved by the director of the department of transportation.

(a) At any and all times during which construction and/or maintenance work is being undertaken on any state highway and/or interstate connector, under the terms of either the highway or bridge contract in which an attenuator truck is required under federal and/or Rhode Island dep…

State highway ninety-nine (99) within the town of Lincoln shall henceforth be known as the “Woonsocket Lincoln Industrial Highway.”

That part of Route 95 within the city of Providence presently known only as the Route 95 Viaduct shall henceforth be known as the David Spicer Bridge.

(a) Whenever any public safety agency through the legitimate exercise of its police powers determines that an emergency is caused by the immobilization of any vehicle(s) on the interstate system or limited access highway, as defined in § 31-1-23(e), resulting in lane blockage and…

(a) Any person, firm or corporation including utilities and contractors who or that alter a roadway that is subject to the provisions of this chapter shall restore that portion of the roadway that was altered to the same or better condition that existed prior to alteration or as …

The department of transportation shall have full charge and control of the maintenance of the Gainer Dam bridge and roadway, a section of route 12 crossing the Gainer Dam and Scituate Reservoir, and the bridge and roadway are hereby made part of the state highway system. The depa…

(a) The director of the department of transportation shall establish rules and regulations for the use of steel plates on roadway surfaces used to protect an excavation. At a minimum, the rules and regulations shall consider steel plates designed for the safety of vehicles and pe…

The director of transportation shall have the power and authority to make, lay in and upon, and construct sidewalks, including curbs, adjacent to and along either or any one side or both sides of any state road, now constructed, in the process of construction, or to be constructe…

Whenever and wherever the director of transportation shall order and cause the building and construction of curbs and sidewalks as provided in this chapter, the curb shall be made and constructed of a suitable and hard material. The curb shall be set and shall not project above t…

The director of transportation whenever and wherever laying out the plans and drawing up the specifications for the building and construction of curbs and sidewalks, as provided in this chapter, shall, whenever and wherever feasible and practical, cause and order the curb to be p…

The director of transportation shall have the power and authority to alter, to maintain, to keep in good condition, to remove ice and snow therefrom, to remove posts, steps and any other obstructions therein, to regulate the placement, structure, and alteration of curbs construct…