§ 24-5-27. Rights of cities unimpaired. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect the right of any city to maintain and repair its highways in the manner now provided by law for that city. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 72, § 27; G.L. 1909, ch. 83, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 96, § 26; […]
§ 24-5-28. Determination of places where guideposts necessary. The several town councils shall, at their meeting held next after the first day of October in each year, determine the corners and angles of all roads within their respective towns at which it shall be necessary to erect and maintain guideposts, and shall keep a record […]
§ 24-5-29. Failure to determine places for guideposts. Every town council which shall, at their meeting held next after the first day of October in any year, neglect or refuse to determine upon proper places at which guideposts shall be erected and maintained, shall be fined five dollars ($5.00) for every month they shall so […]
§ 24-5-3. Annual town appropriation. Each town, at some regularly called meeting of the electors thereof who are entitled to vote upon any proposition to impose a tax, shall annually appropriate such sum of money as the electors shall deem necessary for the maintenance and repair of its highways and bridges, and the sum so […]
§ 24-5-30. Erection of guideposts — Specifications. The town councils shall cause to be erected and maintained, at the several corners and angles as determined pursuant to § 24-5-28, substantial posts not less than eight feet (8′) high, upon the upper end of which shall be placed a board upon which shall be plainly and […]
§ 24-5-31. Substitutes for guideposts. The inhabitants of any town may agree upon some suitable substitute for the guideposts, and appoint any proper person to superintend the erection and support of the guideposts. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 74, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 87, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 99, § 9; G.L. 1938, […]
§ 24-5-32. Penalty for failure to maintain guideposts. Every town which shall neglect or refuse to keep, at all times, guideposts erected and maintained at the places and in the manner above prescribed, shall be fined three dollars ($3.00) for every month it shall so neglect or refuse. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 74, § […]
§ 24-5-33. Injury to guideposts. Every person who shall injure, mar or deface any guidepost or its substitute, agreed upon as provided in § 24-5-31, or board which shall be set up as is provided by this chapter, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) nor less than five dollars ($5.00) to the use […]
§ 24-5-34. Jamestown and New Shoreham exempt. The provisions of §§ 24-5-28 — 24-5-33 shall not apply to the towns of Jamestown and New Shoreham. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 74, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 87, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 99, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 83, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 24-5-34.
§ 24-5-35. Pothole hotline. The department of transportation is hereby authorized and directed to establish a toll-free telephone hotline (1-800-pothole or 1-888-pothole, if available) for the purpose of reporting potholes to the state. If the department determines that a given pothole is not on a state highway but on a city or town highway, it […]
§ 24-5-4. Appropriations expended under department of transportation — State aid. Whenever any town shall make an annual appropriation equal to or in addition to the sum of twenty cents ($.20) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the ratable property of such town, and whenever the electors at the meeting shall direct that the […]
§ 24-5-5. Allotments to highway districts — Supervision of expenditures — Rates of compensation. Town councils shall determine and allot the proportion of the annual appropriation for the maintenance and repair of highways and bridges, which shall be expended within the limits of each highway district in their respective towns, and so much of the […]
§ 24-5-6. Expenditures by contract — Unexpended funds. Whenever any town council shall be of the opinion that it is preferable to do so, they may provide for the expenditure by contract of a portion or all of the money allotted to be expended in any one or more highway districts; and if the work […]
§ 24-5-7. Special appropriations for particular projects. Whenever any town shall make, in addition to its annual appropriation for the maintenance and repair of its highways and bridges, a special appropriation for the building or repair of any particular highway or bridge or other highway work, and shall not provide that the appropriation be expended […]
§ 24-5-8. General duties of surveyors of highways. Every surveyor of highways shall execute the directions given to the surveyor by the town council or the committee thereof as provided for in this chapter, and shall purchase and use such materials and employ such personnel, teams, and road making apparatus as may be necessary therefor […]
§ 24-5-9. Removal of obstructions by surveyors. Surveyors of highways may cut down, lop off, dig up, and remove all sorts of trees, bushes, stones, fences, rails, gates, bars, enclosures, or other matter or thing that shall in any manner straighten, obstruct, or incommode any highway; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed […]
