22 – Multi-Use Areas Adjacent to and Recreational, Natural and Scenic Areas Along State Highways.
§ 22. Multi-use areas adjacent to and recreational, natural and scenic areas along state highways. The commissioner of transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire property in order to provide multi-use areas adjacent to state highways and recreational, natural and scenic areas along, but not necessarily contiguous to, state highways, except that the commissioner […]
23 – Rubber-Modified Asphalt Pilot Project.
* § 23. Rubber-modified asphalt pilot project. 1. The commissioner shall undertake in nineteen hundred eighty-eight, a pilot project for the utilization of rubber-modified asphalt in the construction or improvement of state highways. Such rubber-modified asphalt pilot project shall utilize rubber derived from motor vehicle tires discarded in the state, including but not limited to […]
23*2 – Coal Combustion By-Product Demonstration Project.
* § 23. Coal combustion by-product demonstration project. 1. The commissioner shall undertake in nineteen hundred eighty-eight, after consultation with and in cooperation with the commissioner of environmental conservation, a demonstration project utilizing coal combustion by-products in the construction or improvement of state highways. Such project shall demonstrate the feasibility of the use of coal […]
15 – Removal of Vehicles.
§ 15. Removal of vehicles. 1. The commissioner of transportation shall have the power to cause the removal and disposition of any vehicle left unattended for more than twenty-four hours within the right of way of any state highway or on any other public property under his jurisdiction. 2. The commissioner of transportation shall have […]
16 – Removal of Noxious Weeds and Brush Within State Highways.
§ 16. Removal of noxious weeds and brush within state highways. The commissioner of transportation may cause noxious weeds, briers and brush growing within the bounds of state highways to be cut and removed, and the cost thereof shall be paid from funds as now provided under section two hundred and sixty-two of the highway […]
17 – Public Hearings.
§ 17. Public hearings. To give the public an opportunity to become fully acquainted with proposed highway projects and to express its views on the social, economic and environmental effects of the proposed facilities, the commissioner of transportation, as he deems necessary, shall hold a public hearing or hearings, or offer the opportunity for such […]
19 – Planting Trees and Shrubs Along State Highways.
§ 19. Planting trees and shrubs along state highways. The commissioner of transportation, in his discretion, may plant rows or groups of suitable trees along the bounds of existing state highways at such places as he may determine and may also plant on the banks of such cuts and fills as were made in constructing, […]
19-A – Pollinator Friendly Plant Species; Medians.
§ 19-a. Pollinator friendly plant species; medians. 1. The commissioner shall, in cooperation with the department of environmental conservation, develop policies and procedures to encourage the use of native plant species that are pollinator friendly in medians along highways under the jurisdiction of the department and to encourage and provide technical assistance to counties, cities, […]
20 – Roadside Rest Areas.
§ 20. Roadside rest areas. 1. The commissioner of transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire roadside sites along state highways and to develop roadside rest areas. The commissioner may utilize for this purpose suitable lands already owned by the state, except that use of any such lands in the forest preserve or under […]
21 – Restoration, Preservation and Enhancement of Natural or Scenic Beauty.
§ 21. Restoration, preservation and enhancement of natural or scenic beauty. The commissioner of transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire property for the restoration, preservation and enhancement of natural or scenic beauty of areas traversed by state highways, in order for the state to comply with any federal aid highway acts. Acquisition of […]