§ 301. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Discontinued highway” means a previously designated class 1, 2, 3, or 4 town highway as to which, through the process of discontinuance, all rights have been reconveyed to the adjoining landowners. (2) “Legislative body” includes boards of selectmen, aldermen, and village trustees. (3) “Selectmen” includes village […]
§ 302. Classification of town highways (a) For the purposes of this section and receiving State aid, all town highways shall be categorized into one or another of the following classes: (1) Class 1 town highways are those town highways that form the extension of a State highway route and that carry a State highway […]
§ 303. Town highway control Town highways shall be under the general supervision and control of the selectmen of the town where the roads are located. Selectmen shall supervise all expenditures. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 304. Duties of selectboard (a) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the selectboard of the town to, or acting as a board, it shall have the authority to: (1) See that town highways and bridges are properly laid out, constructed, maintained, altered, widened, vacated, discontinued, and operated, when the safety of the […]
§ 305. Measurement and inspection (a) After reasonable notice to the selectboard, a representative of the Agency may measure and inspect the class 1, 2, and 3 town highways in each town to verify the accuracy of the records on file with the Agency. Upon request, the selectboard or its designee shall be permitted to […]
§ 306. Appropriation; State aid for town highways (a) General State aid to town highways. (1) An annual appropriation to class 1, 2, and 3 town highways shall be made. This appropriation shall increase over the previous fiscal year’s appropriation by the same percentage as the following, whichever is less: (A) the year-over-year increase in […]
§ 306a. Class 1 town highways; Agency responsibility for scheduled surface maintenance (a) Unless otherwise directed by the legislative body of a municipality, the Agency shall assume direct responsibility for scheduled surface maintenance of all class 1 town highways at no expense to the municipality. The class 1 town highways shall be included in the […]
§ 307. Minimum town budget Each town shall annually appropriate a highway budget equivalent to or greater than a sum of at least $300.00 per mile for each mile of class 1, 2, and 3 town highways within the town or it shall not be eligible for aid under this title. (Added 1985, No. 269 […]
§ 308. Compliance with provisions A town shall not be entitled to receive money from the State under this chapter in any year until it has complied with the provisions of this chapter. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
§ 309. Highway work by State for towns (a) When requested by the legislative body of a municipality, the Agency may, by agreement with these officials, do any construction or maintenance work on any town highway or bridge under the jurisdiction of the legislative body. (b) When requested by the legislative body of a municipality, […]
§ 309a. Local highway work uniform local share; exceptions (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of this section or in sections 309b and 309c of this title, in any case of highway or bridge construction in which a federal/State/local or State/local funding match is authorized, the municipality’s share shall be ten percent […]
§ 309b. Local match; certain town highway programs (a) Notwithstanding subsection 309a(a) of this title, grants provided to towns under the Town Highway Structures Program shall be matched by local funds sufficient to cover 20 percent of the project costs, unless the town has adopted road and bridge standards, has completed a network inventory, and […]
§ 309c. Cancellation of locally managed projects (a) Notwithstanding section 309a of this title, a municipality or other local sponsor responsible for a locally managed project through a grant agreement with the Agency shall be responsible for the repayment, in whole or in part, of federal funds required by the Federal Highway Administration or other […]
§ 309d. Policy for municipally managed transportation projects (a) Except in the case of projects or project components involving unpaved highways, for all transportation projects and project phases managed by a municipality, including planning, development, construction, or maintenance, it is the policy of this State for municipalities to consider “complete streets” principles, which are principles […]
§ 310. Highways, bridges, and trails (a) A town shall keep its class 1, 2, and 3 highways and bridges in good and sufficient repair during all seasons of the year, except that based on safety considerations for the traveling public and municipal employees, the selectboard shall, by rule adopted under 24 V.S.A. chapter 59, […]
§ 311. Class 1 and 2 highways; pavement markings The Agency shall mark all paved class 1 and 2 highways with painted center lines. The selectboard promptly shall notify the district transportation administrator when these markings have been obliterated by resurfacing. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1991, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), […]
§ 314. Vote at town meeting In case the limitations proposed for a covered bridge are not approved by the selectmen and the Agency as provided in this chapter, the selectmen of the town or towns where the bridge is located shall have the right to place the question in the warnings of the next […]
§ 316. Removal of covered bridges; notice When a town or the Agency decide that the destruction or removal of a covered bridge is necessary, whether by discontinuance of the highway or to replace the bridge with another structure or for any other reason, notice of the intent to destroy or remove the bridge shall […]
§ 317. Preservation of historic bridges (a) The Division for Historic Preservation within the Agency of Commerce and Community Development is authorized to accept transfer from the Agency of Transportation, towns, railroads, or other entities of bridges deemed appropriate for preservation by the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Commerce and Community Development. The […]
§ 318. Local Technical Assistance Program; input from municipalities (a) Prior to submitting a fiscal year Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) work plan to the Federal Highway Administration for approval, the Agency shall, in consultation with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and any other person the Agency deems appropriate, solicit from all Vermont […]
