§ 24-5-1. Duty of town to maintain highways. (a) All highways, causeways, and bridges, except as provided by this chapter, lying and being within the bounds of any town, shall be kept in repair and amended, from time to time, so that the highways, causeways, and bridges may be safe and convenient for travelers with […]
§ 24-5-1.1. Alteration of roadways. (a) Any person, firm, or corporation including utilities and contractors who or that alter a roadway that is subject to the provisions of this chapter shall restore that portion of the roadway that was altered to the same or better condition that existed prior to alteration or as required in […]
§ 24-5-10. Taking of road materials from adjoining land. Any surveyor of highways may, with the consent of the town council or committee thereof having care and direction of his or her district, for the purpose of obtaining materials for repairing any highway, enter upon and dig for stone, gravel, clay, marl, sand, or earth […]
§ 24-5-11. Damage in removing obstructions or materials. All claims for damages for any acts done or materials taken under §§ 24-5-9 and 24-5-10 shall be claims against the town under which the surveyor of highways acted. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 72, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 83, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 96, […]
§ 24-5-12. Fine for neglect to keep highways in repair. Every town which shall neglect to keep in good repair its highways and bridges shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and execution shall issue therefor against the town. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 72, § […]
§ 24-5-13. Liability of cities and towns for injuries from defective roads. (a) The cities and towns shall also be liable to all persons who may in any way suffer injury to their persons or property by reason of any neglect, to be recovered in a civil action except as provided in subsection (b). (b) […]
§ 24-5-14. Snow and ice removal. The several towns shall provide by ordinance in a manner and under such penalties as they may deem expedient, for removing snow from the public highways so as to render the public highways passable with teams, sleds, and sleighs; but nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed […]
§ 24-5-15. Penalty for failure to remove snow. If the snow is allowed to remain in any public highway in any town so as to obstruct any person in passing along the highway with his or her team, sled, or sleigh, for twenty-four (24) hours after the highway shall become obstructed, the town shall be […]
§ 24-5-16. Diversion of water to damage of individuals prohibited. No surveyor of highways shall cause any watercourse in any highway to be so conveyed as to incommode any person’s land, house, store, shop or other building, or to obstruct any person in the prosecution of his or her business or occupation, without the consent […]
§ 24-5-17. Complaint and alteration of watercourse. Any person who may consider himself or herself aggrieved by a watercourse may complain to the town council; and the council on receiving his or her complaint and examining into the circumstances of the complaint, shall, if they think reasonable, direct the surveyor to alter the watercourse in […]
§ 24-5-18. Bridges and fences on artificial watercourses along preexisting highways. Whenever any artificial watercourse has been or shall be made under, through or by the side of any highway previously existing, the proprietors or occupants of the watercourse shall make and maintain all necessary bridges over the watercourse and all fences which may be […]
§ 24-5-19. Bridges and fences along preexisting watercourses. Whenever any highway has been or shall be laid out, over, or by the side of any artificial watercourse made previously to the laying out of the highway, the town laying out the highway shall make and maintain the necessary bridges over the watercourse and the fences […]
§ 24-5-2. Division of towns into districts — Election and terms of surveyors. The town council of each town shall divide the town into highway districts not exceeding four (4) in number, or shall constitute the entire town one highway district, and shall annually elect one surveyor of highways for each highway district, and fix […]
§ 24-5-20. Bridges on boundary lines. All public bridges, except such as are part of the state highway system, on the dividing lines between towns shall be established and kept in repair at the expense of the towns adjoining the bridges; and every public bridge except such as are part of the state highway system […]
§ 24-5-21. Penalty for neglect of boundary line bridge. If any town adjoining any boundary line bridge shall refuse or neglect to keep in good repair the part of the bridge within and next adjoining the line of the town, the town so neglecting or refusing shall be fined not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) […]
§ 24-5-22. New highway using existing bridge. Whenever any highway has been or shall be laid out over any tract or parcel of land used at the time of the laying out as a highway, the laying out shall not be deemed or construed to affect or in any way alter the rights or duties […]
§ 24-5-23. Bridges and culverts built by adjoining landowners. Any person owning land adjoining any public highway may build such bridges or culverts over the ditches, which may be made in the highway for the passage of water, as may be necessary to render the passage from the land to the highway safe and convenient; […]
§ 24-5-24. Undermining of walls and fences. No surveyor of highways shall remove the earth so near to any wall or fence erected upon or without the limits of a highway as to undermine or overthrow the wall or fence, unless the undermining or overthrowing shall be absolutely necessary for the security or convenience of […]
§ 24-5-25. Compensation of surveyors. Surveyors of highways shall be paid out of the town treasury at the rate of two dollars ($2.00) per day for all the time necessarily spent in the discharge of the duties of their office, whenever no other mode or amount of compensation shall have been provided by any town […]
§ 24-5-26. Penalty for neglect by surveyors. Every surveyor of highways who shall neglect the duties of his or her trust shall forfeit twenty dollars ($20.00) for every neglect, to be recovered in the name of the town treasurer to the use of the town. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 72, § 26; G.L. 1909, […]
