§701. Establishment of systems; surveys The department shall lay out, construct and maintain a system of state and state aid highways substantially as described in chapters 1 to 19. All persons employed by the department under chapters 1 to 19 are authorized to the extent necessary for surveys and preliminary engineering to enter and cross […]
§702. Specifications (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 492, §C4 (RP).
§703-A. Access roads to bridges of historic significance 1. Petition. The town officers of one or more towns or the county commissioners, if they are acting in the capacity of town officers, may petition the department for the reconstruction or rehabilitation of a town way that serves as an access road to a bridge designated […]
§703-B. Financing new road construction If the municipal officers of one or more municipalities determine it necessary that a public road be constructed to spur economic development, downtown revitalization or neighborhood preservation; to create new housing stock; to promote mixed-use or densely settled village centers; or to enhance public safety, then the municipal officers may […]
§703. Access roads to public ski areas, public industrial development areas and certain resources If the municipal officers of one or more municipalities or the county commissioners, if they are acting in the capacity of municipal officers, and the owner or owners of a ski area open to the general public, the owner or owners […]
§704-A. Traffic movement permit 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. “Department” means the Department of Transportation. [PL 1999, c. 468, §2 (NEW).] A-1. “High-speed rural arterial highway” means an arterial highway as defined in section 704 that is not […]
§704. Entrances to highways regulated It is unlawful to construct or maintain any driveway, entrance or approach within the right-of-way of any state highway or state aid highway, as defined in section 53, that lies outside the compact area of an urban compact municipality, as defined in section 754, without a written permit from the […]
§705. Culverts The Department of Transportation shall oversee the installation or replacement of culverts within the right-of-way on state and state aid highways lying outside the compact area of an urban compact municipality as defined in section 754. An abutter desiring to establish a new driveway, entrance or approach on these highways must first comply […]
§706. Curbs 1. Location or construction. The Department of Transportation shall develop or approve standards for the location or construction of curbs on each side of a way in the business district or area as defined by the department of any municipality for which curbs have been prescribed. [PL 2017, c. 9, §1 (AMD).] […]
§707. Construction flaggers; minimum training standards All privately employed flaggers at highway construction sites on public ways must have training in controlling traffic at construction sites in a manner consistent with the standards set forth in the American National Standards Institute, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways. That training may consist […]
§708. Highway lighting 1. Definitions. All definitions in Title 5, section 1769, subsection 1 apply in this section. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Transportation. [PL 1991, c. 481, §2 (NEW).] B. “Roadway lighting” means lighting […]
§709. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 compliance Whenever the Department of Transportation undertakes a project for construction or reconstruction of a public way, the owner of an aboveground facility, including but not limited to poles, guys, hydrants, transformers or other utility facilities, within that portion of the public way shall ensure that the facility […]
