There is established a local system bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to be administered by the State Aid Engineer for the purpose of assisting counties and municipalities in the replacement and rehabilitation of certain bridges located on local road systems in the counties and in incorporated municipalities within the counties. In order to be eligible […]
The board of supervisors of each county and the governing authorities of each municipality shall be responsible for properly maintaining all bridges replaced or repaired in their respective jurisdictions under the provisions of this chapter. The State Aid Engineer and his assistants shall make annual maintenance inspections of completed bridge projects and such other periodic […]
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.” The fund shall consist of monies that the Legislature appropriates under subsection (2) of this section, the proceeds of bonds issued under Section 10 of Chapter 557, Laws of 2009, and any other […]
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, when all deficient bridges of a county which have a sufficiency rating of less than fifty (50) have been replaced or are under contract for replacement or rehabilitation, then monies in the Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund created under Section 65-37-13, that are allocated to a […]
For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection: “Deficient bridge” means a bridge that is eligible for replacement or rehabilitation as determined by the National Bridge Inspection Standards sufficiency rating and that is included on the latest annual official bridge inventory prepared by the […]
In administering the provisions of this chapter, the State Aid Engineer shall have the following powers and duties: To supervise the use of all funds made available under this chapter for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects on local road systems; To review and certify all projects for which funds are authorized to be made […]
In order for a county to be eligible for the expenditure of funds under the provisions of Sections 65-37-1 through 65-37-15, the board of supervisors of the county shall meet the following conditions: On or before January 1, 1995, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, the board of supervisors shall present […]
Engineering costs for any project performed under this chapter, including the salaries or fees of the engineer, may be paid from the Local Bridge Replacement Rehabilitation Fund allocations to a county; however, the maximum fee paid to an engineer from the fund shall not exceed twelve percent (12%) of the final construction cost, with the […]
