§ 24-15-1. Purpose. In order to create and preserve rustic and scenic highways for vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian travel in unhurried, quiet, and leisurely enjoyment; to protect and preserve recreational driving, culture, beauty, trees, vegetation, shoreline, and wildlife by establishing protective standards of scenic highway design, speed, maintenance, and identification, which will promote a continuous […]
§ 24-15-10. Creation of board. There is hereby authorized, created and established within the executive department a scenic roadways board consisting of eleven (11) members as follows: one member shall be the director of the department of transportation or his or her designee who shall be a subordinate within the department of transportation; one member […]
§ 24-15-10.1. Chair, quorum and removal for cause. (a) Upon the passage of this act and the appointment and qualification of the four (4) new members prescribed in § 24-15-10, the board shall meet at the call of the director of transportation and shall elect from among the members a chair and a vice-chair. Thereafter, […]
§ 24-15-10.2. Powers and duties. In addition to the duties and powers conferred upon the board by this chapter, it has the following additional duties and powers: (1) To conduct a training course for newly appointed and qualified members and new designees of ex-officio members within six (6) months of their qualification or designation. The […]
§ 24-15-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the scenic roadways board. (2) “Director” means the director of the department of transportation. (3) “Municipality” means a city or town. History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 398, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 233, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 157; P.L. 2005, ch. […]
§ 24-15-3. Designation as a scenic highway. The director, or the governing body of any municipality as to any highway (including a state highway) within its borders, may apply to the board for the designation of a highway as a scenic highway. A municipality making application for a state highway shall notify the director of […]
§ 24-15-4. Withdrawal of highways from scenic highways system. After holding a public hearing, the director, or the governing body of any municipality as to any scenic highway (including a state highway) within its borders, may apply to the board for, and the board itself may propose, the removal of a highway from the scenic […]
§ 24-15-5. Joint jurisdiction of highways. Highways under the joint jurisdiction of two (2) or more municipalities may not be designated scenic highways or be withdrawn from the scenic highway system until after approval by the governing bodies of all affected municipalities and the board. History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 398, § 1.
§ 24-15-6. Local authority. The director and the municipalities and all other authorities shall have the same authority over scenic highways as they possess over other highways under their jurisdiction except as otherwise provided in this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 398, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 157.
§ 24-15-7. Funding. State aid for scenic highways shall be determined in accordance with the local transportation funding as provided in these general laws. History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 398, § 1.
§ 24-15-8. Scenic highways marking signs — State payment. The department of transportation shall pay the cost of furnishing and installing scenic highway marking signs on officially designated scenic highways. History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 398, § 1.
§ 24-15-9. Rules and standards. The board shall promulgate rules and establish standards for the maintenance, identification, construction, use, and preservation of the scenic highways system. The board may establish rules and standards for regulating and limiting the construction or establishment of a highway which is inconsistent with the purpose of this chapter. No rule […]
