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Home » US Law » 2022 Maine Revised Statutes » TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION » Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW » Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES » Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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23 §52. General powers and duties

§52. General powers and duties The Department of Transportation, referred to in this chapter as “the department,” may from time to time make and shall enforce rules and regulations relating to the planning, design, engineering, construction, improvement, maintenance and use of transportation infrastructure. The department may from time to time make and shall enforce rules […]

23 §53-A. Seasonal parkways

§53-A. Seasonal parkways 1.  Classification.  The department may lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, discontinue and regulate as a state highway seasonal access road roads to public recreational areas which shall be classified “seasonal parkways.”   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).] 2.  Limitations.  Such public highway shall be subject to the following […]

23 §53. Classification of highways

§53. Classification of highways 1.  Classification.  The department shall cause charts and maps to be made showing the location and mileage of all highways in the State, and shall classify the highways of the State, and may, from time to time, amend that classification, namely: First, state highways, which mean a system of connected main […]

23 §54. Highway openings

§54. Highway openings Wherever highways maintained by the State are affected, whether the highways are situated in cities, towns or plantations, the department has all and the same rights, powers and duties in connection therewith as are granted to cities in city streets by sections 3351 to 3359, and to cities and towns by Title […]

23 §56. Officers to enforce orders regarding restricted travel; sheriffs

§56. Officers to enforce orders regarding restricted travel; sheriffs The department may appoint any person in its employ whose special duty it shall be to enforce the statutes and orders promulgated thereunder which prohibit or restrict the passage of vehicles and trailers over ways and bridges, or designated sections thereof, under such conditions or in […]

23 §57-A. Acceptance of funds

§57-A. Acceptance of funds The Department of Transportation is authorized and empowered to accept for the State funds from one or more private parties for transportation improvement needs generated by development. Such funds must be segregated and held in an account to be used as agreed by the parties. The State and its employees are […]

23 §57. Cooperation and acceptance of federal funds

§57. Cooperation and acceptance of federal funds “Title 23, United States Code,” and all other Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, are assented to. The Department of Transportation is authorized and empowered to accept, for the State, federal funds apportioned under said code as amended and supplemented, to act for the State, in conjunction with […]

23 §58. Supplies from Federal Government

§58. Supplies from Federal Government The department is authorized and empowered to obtain from the Federal Government or any agency thereof, through purchase or gift, supplies, materials and equipment which is adaptable to highway maintenance and construction. Such supplies, materials and equipment may be sold, leased or given by the department to the several towns […]

23 §59. — uniform numbering system

§59. — uniform numbering system The department is authorized to cooperate with the Federal Government in formulating and adopting a uniform system of numbering or designating roads of interstate character within this State, and in the selection and erection of uniform danger signals and safety devices for the protection and direction of traffic on said […]

23 §60. Town cooperation

§60. Town cooperation Towns are authorized to enter into agreements with the Department of Transportation for the expenditure of town funds for maintenance and repair of town roads. The department is authorized, when requested by towns, to accept town funds for expenditure under its direction.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL […]

23 §61. Vacation, sale or lease of acquired land

§61. Vacation, sale or lease of acquired land 1.  Land acquired may be vacated.  The Department of Transportation may vacate any land or part of land or rights in land which have been taken or acquired for transportation purposes by executing and recording a deed, and that action shall vest the title to the lands […]

23 §62. Record of locations and changes

§62. Record of locations and changes Whenever the department shall establish and locate or change the location of a state highway or state aid highway, or any town shall establish and locate or change the location of a highway that was designated as a 3rd class highway at the time that the 3rd class highway […]

23 §63. Confidentiality of records held by the department and the Maine Turnpike Authority

§63. Confidentiality of records held by the department and the Maine Turnpike Authority 1.  Confidential records.  The following records in the possession of the department and the Maine Turnpike Authority are confidential and may not be disclosed, except as provided in this section:   A. Records and correspondence relating to negotiations for and appraisals of […]

23 §64. Enforcement of provisions

§64. Enforcement of provisions The department shall cause complaint to be entered against any offender of section 3252, when the way obstructed or affected by the obstruction is maintained by the State. The forfeitures recovered in such cases shall be paid to the Treasurer of State for the use of the State Highway Maintenance Fund. […]