Section 374.317 – Approach road maintenance.
An owner of real property abutting a state highway with an existing approach road that is presumed to have written permission under ORS 374.308 or that has an approach permit under ORS 374.310 is responsible for the cost and performance of maintaining the approach road, in accordance with the Department of Transportation’s requirements, from the […]
Section 374.320 – Removal or repair of installation on right of way at expense of applicant.
(1) Upon failure of the applicant to construct or maintain the particular approach road, facility, thing or appurtenance in accordance with the rules and regulations and the conditions of the permit, the Department of Transportation or the county governing body shall, after the expiration of 30 days following the transmittal of a written notice to […]
Section 374.325 – Effect of ORS 374.305 to 374.325.
Nothing in ORS 374.305 to 374.325 shall: (1) Limit or affect any of the powers granted to, or duties imposed upon, the county courts or boards of county commissioners, the Department of Transportation or the Public Utility Commission by ORS 758.010 and 758.020, or any rights granted or authorized under those statutes. (2) Grant any […]
Section 374.326 – Collaboration with highway users.
(1) The Department of Transportation shall work collaboratively with highway users on all proposals to install a raised or depressed barrier on two-lane segments of state highways. (2) As used in this section “highway users” includes representatives of the freight industry and automobile users and may include representatives of local government and other transportation stakeholders, […]
Section 374.328 – Highway classification.
The Oregon Transportation Commission shall periodically review, not less often than every six years, the classification of state highways, including the designation of highway segments as expressways, as a part of its comprehensive, long-range transportation plan developed pursuant to ORS 184.617 to ensure that the classifications for the highways and designations of expressways are appropriate […]
Section 374.329 – Agreements with cities.
(1) When it is determined by the Department of Transportation and a city that it is in the best interest of highway users to abandon a segment of the state highway, the department and the city may enter into an agreement to transfer jurisdiction and ownership of the segment of state highway to the city. […]
Section 374.330 – Prior status preserved.
(1) ORS 374.305, 374.310 and 374.325, as those sections were amended by chapter 323, Oregon Laws 1957, and ORS 374.309 do not affect any approach road, structure, pipeline, ditch, cable or wire, or other facility, thing or appurtenance lawfully placed or constructed upon the right of way of any highway prior to August 20, 1957. […]
Section 374.331 – Facility plans; rules.
(1) As used in this section, “facility plan” includes, but is not limited to, interchange area management plans, corridor plans, transportation refinement plans and access management plans. (2) Every facility plan and access management strategy developed for a highway improvement or modernization project under this section or ORS 374.334 must include a methodology that balances […]
Section 374.334 – Access management strategy; rules.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Access management strategy” means a project delivery strategy developed by the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with cities, counties and owners of real property abutting a state highway in the affected area, that identifies the location and type of public and private approaches and other necessary improvements that […]
Section 374.335 – Driving certain motor vehicles across public highway not considered operation on highway.
Where any private road crosses or is crossed by a public highway, the operation of a motor vehicle across the public highway or upon the public highway for a distance of not more than 1,200 feet in the use of the private road is not subject to ORS 811.450, 815.155, 815.160, 815.170, 818.020, 818.060, 818.090, […]