§ 24-8-1. Annual report and recommendations — Roads on which expenditures made — Contracts. The director of transportation shall annually make a report to the general assembly, during the month of January, setting forth in detail all its transactions during the preceding year and making such recommendations for improving the main highways of the state […]
§ 24-8-1.1. Rhode Island highway system — Purpose. The purpose of §§ 24-8-1.1 — 24-8-1.7 is to establish a pavement management program to better maintain the state’s highways in a safe and serviceable condition. In order to fairly distribute funds for a pavement management program, an equitable system to determine jurisdiction on highways is needed. […]
§ 24-8-1.2. Rhode Island highway system — Establishment. There is hereby established a Rhode Island highway system which shall include state roads and municipal roads. The determination of those roads designated as state roads and those designated as municipal roads shall be based upon a functional classification system, as established by the state planning council. […]
§ 24-8-1.3. Definitions. (a) “Arterial” means a public road that provides a high level of travel services for a long, uninterrupted distance. (b) “Major collector” means a public road that provides a service to built up areas of towns and traffic generators of regional importance and not directly served by arterials. (c) “Municipal roads” means […]
§ 24-8-1.4. Annual report and recommendations — Roads on which expenditures made — Contracts. (a) The director of transportation shall annually make a report to the general assembly, during the month of January, setting forth in detail all the department’s transactions during the preceding year, and making such recommendations for improving the Rhode Island highway […]
§ 24-8-1.5. Turnback implementation plan. The director of transportation shall prepare and carry out a plan regarding an implementation schedule for all roads changing jurisdiction as a result of this section. Any road that changes jurisdiction and becomes a municipal road, under the enactment of this section, that such shall be repaired and improved, as […]
§ 24-8-1.6. Review. The initial review of the functional classification system for jurisdictional purposes shall be completed by May 15, 1988. A review of this functional classification system shall take place every ten (10) years. The review shall come under the supervision and authority of the state planning council. Any amendment made to the functional […]
§ 24-8-1.7. Rules and regulations. The director of transportation is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and § 43-3-17, to establish and adopt a pavement management program, and to enforce the provisions thereof. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 633, […]
§ 24-8-10. Improvement or reconstruction of railroad crossings. The director of transportation shall have the power and authority to improve with automatic protection devices or by relocating or rebuilding existing highway-railroad crossings at grade, or by reconstructing existing railroad and highway separation structures, if the improvements, rebuilding, or reconstruction will increase the safety of the […]
§ 24-8-11. Beautification. The department of transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to plant trees, shrubs and otherwise beautify the area within the limits of a road in a manner and at locations as the department may deem advisable, and the cost of the work shall be paid from moneys, appropriated for highway purposes, not […]
§ 24-8-12. Contracts — Advertising for bids. All road construction or improvements made by the director of transportation shall be, and all repairs may be, performed by written contract, made by the department of administration in behalf of the state, and after advertisement, by order of the department of administration has been published at least […]
§ 24-8-13. Contractors’ bond — Forfeiture. The person whose proposal or bid is accepted by the department of administration, shall be required to give bond, in a sum not less than fifty percent (50%) of the contract price, to indemnify the town or city where the road lies against damage while the road is being […]
§ 24-8-14. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1902, ch. 982, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 84, § 6; P.L. 1920, ch. 1877, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 97, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 74, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 24-8-14; Repealed by P.L. 1988, ch. 633, § 5, effective July 1, 1988.
§ 24-8-15. Snow and ice removal — Notice of defects. (a) Every town or city shall at its own expense keep state roads within its limits, respectively, sufficiently clear of snow and ice so the roads shall be reasonably safe for travel as now required by law, and shall at once notify in writing the […]
§ 24-8-16. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1920, ch. 1904, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 97, § 9; P.L. 1928, ch. 1169, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 74, § 9; P.L. 1947, ch. 1960, § 1; P.L. 1953, ch. 3320, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 24-8-16; P.L. 1958, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 1959, ch. 28, […]
§ 24-8-17. Determination and payment of appropriations to the state, cities, and towns. The amounts which the state, cities, and towns shall receive from the appropriations provided for in this chapter, shall annually be determined by the state controller upon filing by the director of transportation of a report setting forth the number of miles […]
§ 24-8-18. Use of sums appropriated — Annual report. The sums paid to the state, cities, or towns under the provisions of this chapter shall be used exclusively within the state, and within the cities and towns for those roads listed under § 24-8-17. The sums shall only be spent for maintenance and repair. Except […]
§ 24-8-19. Designation and maintenance of detours. (a) Whenever it is necessary for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, or repairing state roads to close such roads to the traveling public, the department of transportation shall provide suitable detours, and when roads other than state roads are designated by the department of transportation as detours, then […]
§ 24-8-2, 24-8-3. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1902, ch. 982, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 84, § 4; P.L. 1912, ch. 799, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 97, § 4; P.L. 1927, ch. 987, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2269, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 74, § 4; G.L. 1956, §§ 24-8-2, 24-8-3; Repealed by […]
§ 24-8-20. Location of fuel pumps adjacent to highway. No owner or other persons shall hereafter locate a pump as defined in § 31-36-1, or a pump to be used to distribute lubricating oils or any attachments thereof within ten feet (10′) of the boundary line of a state road without first obtaining the permission […]
