136-17.2. Members of the Board of Transportation represent entire State. The chairman and members of the Board of Transportation shall represent the entire State in transportation matters and not represent any particular person, persons, or area. The Board shall, from time to time, provide that one or more of its members or representatives shall publicly […]
136-18. Powers of Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation has the following powers: (1) The authority and general supervision over all matters relating to the construction, maintenance, and design of State transportation projects, letting of contracts therefor, and the selection of materials to be used in the construction of State transportation projects under the […]
136-18.01. Consultation required for welcome and visitor centers. The Department of Commerce and the Department of Transportation shall consult with the chairs of the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee, the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Department of Transportation, the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Transportation, the chairs of the […]
136-18.02. Operation of electric vehicle charging stations at rest stops; report. (a) The Department of Transportation may operate an electric vehicle charging station at State-owned rest stops along the highways only if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The electric vehicle charging station is accessible by the public. (2) The Department has developed […]
136-18.03. Outside counsel. (a) Intent. – It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Transportation exercise the authority granted by this section to maximize operational and project delivery benefits attributed to the avoidance or successful defense of litigation. (b) Authorization. – The Department of Transportation may engage the services of private […]
136-18.04. Product Evaluation Program. The Product Evaluation Program, or any successor program operated by the Department of Transportation to review and approve or disapprove new and innovative technologies and products for use by the Department, shall complete its evaluation of a technology or product within one year from the date that the technology or product […]
136-18.05. Establishment of "DOT Report" Program. (a) Intent. – It is the intent of the General Assembly that North Carolina’s reputation as the "Good Roads State" is restored, which requires a partnership between the Governor, the Department of Transportation, the General Assembly, and all North Carolina citizens. Further, the General Assembly finds that improving the […]
136-18.06. Public Street Information Database. The Department shall compile a readily available "Public Street Information Database" and place it in operation on or before January 1, 2020. The information shall convey the status of roads within the State, and it shall be updated at least monthly, except as provided in subdivision (1) of this section. […]
136-18.07. Subdivision Roads Manual. The Department shall update its Subdivision Roads Minimum Construction Standards Manual and any related pavement or other policies by July 1, 2020, and regularly thereafter, to accurately reflect current federal and State law and applicable judicial decisions. The Department shall report all updates to the Manual to the Joint Legislative Transportation […]
136-18.2. Seed planted by Department of Transportation to be approved by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Department of Transportation shall not cause any seed to be planted on or along any highway or road right-of-way unless and until such seed has been approved by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as provided […]
136-18.3. Location of garbage collection containers by counties and municipalities. (a) The Department of Transportation is authorized to issue permits to counties and municipalities for the location of containers on rights-of-way of state-maintained highways for the collection of garbage. Such containers may be located on highway rights-of-way only when authorized in writing by the Chief […]
136-18.3A. Wireless communications infrastructure. (a) The definitions set forth in G.S. 160D-931 shall apply to this section. (b) The Department of Transportation is authorized to issue permits to wireless providers for the collocation of wireless facilities and the construction, operation, modification, or maintenance of utility poles, wireless support structures, conduit, cable, and related appurtenances and […]
136-18.4. Provision and marking of "pull-off" areas. The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and directed (i) to provide as needed within its right-of-way, adjacent to long sections of two-lane primary highway having a steep uphill grade or numerous curves, areas on which buses, trucks and other slow-moving vehicles can pull over so that faster […]
136-18.5. Wesley D. Webster Highway. State Highway 704 shall be known as the "Wesley D. Webster Highway". (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 974.)
136-18.5A. Purple Heart Memorial Highway. Interstate Highway 95 in North Carolina is designated as the "Purple Heart Memorial Highway" to pay tribute to the many North Carolinians who have been awarded the Purple Heart medal after being wounded or killed in action against the enemy. (2002-86, s. 2(a).)
136-18.5B. Dale Earnhardt Highway. The Board of Transportation shall designate State Highway 136 in Iredell and Cabarrus counties as State Highway 3, which shall be known as the "Dale Earnhardt Highway". (2002-170, s. 4.)
136-18.5C. The U.S. Marine Corps Highway: Home of Carolina-Based Marines since 1941. U.S. Highway 17 running between the Town of Holly Ridge and the Town of Edenton, and the portion of U.S. Highway 70 running between the intersection of U.S. Highway 70 and N.C. Highway 101 near Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station and the […]
136-18.6. Cutting down trees. Except in the process of an authorized construction, maintenance or safety project, the Department shall not cut down trees unless: (1) The trees pose a potential danger to persons or property; or (2) The cutting down of the trees is approved by the appropriate District Engineer. (1989, c. 63.)
136-18.7. Fees. The fee for a selective vegetation removal permit issued pursuant to G.S. 136-18(5), (7), and (9) is two hundred dollars ($200.00). (1999-404, s. 5.)
136-19. Acquisition of land and deposits of materials; condemnation proceedings; federal parkways. (a) The Department of Transportation is vested with the power to acquire either in the nature of an appropriate easement or in fee simple such rights-of-way and title to such land, gravel, gravel beds or bars, sand, sand beds or bars, rock, stone, […]
