[§264-20.5] Complete streets. (a) The department of transportation and the county transportation departments shall adopt a complete streets policy that seeks to reasonably accommodate convenient access and mobility for all users of the public highways within their respective jurisdictions as described under section 264-1, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, motorists, and persons of all ages and abilities.
(b) This section shall apply to new construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of highways, roads, streets, ways, and lanes located within urban, suburban, and rural areas, if appropriate for the application of complete streets.
(c) This section shall not apply if:
(1) Use of a particular highway, road, street, way, or lane by bicyclists or pedestrians is prohibited by law, including within interstate highway corridors;
(2) The costs would be excessively disproportionate to the need or probable use of the particular highway, road, street, way, or lane;
(3) There exists a sparseness of population, or there exists other available means, or similar factors indicating an absence of a future need; or
(4) The safety of vehicular, pedestrian, or bicycle traffic may be placed at unacceptable risk. [L 2009, c 54, §1]
Note
Section applies to development for which planning or design commences on or after January 1, 2010. L 2009, c 54, §4.
Revision Note
Section was enacted as an addition to chapter 286 but was renumbered to this chapter pursuant to §23G-15.
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