Assent of municipality to plans; exception; costs of unreasonable delay

Section effective July 1, 2027. See, also, section 57-5-830 effective until July 1, 2027. In every case of a proposed permanent improvement, construction, reconstruction, or alteration by the department of any highway or highway facility within a municipality, the municipality may review and approve the plans before the work is started, but in no event shall such review and approval of the plans delay the project schedule as communicated by the department to the municipality; except that a municipality may not have the right to review and approve plans to remove, replace, or improve a bridge and its approaches within its limits where such bridge and its approaches have been certified by the department to be functionally obsolete or structurally deficient and if the bridge crosses the intracoastal waterway. Any costs incurred by the department caused by the unreasonable delay in the review and approval of the plans shall be the responsibility of the municipality.