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Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81Legal Research Home > Massachusetts Lawyer > State Highways > Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81 Sponsored LinksMassachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 1 Powers and duties . Section 1. The department of highways, in this chapter called the department, shall compile statistics relative to the public ways of ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 2 Road information; duties of local officials . Section 2. County commissioners and city and town officers who have the care of and authority over public ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 3 Purchase and maintenance of road machinery; storage quarters . Section 3. Steam road rollers and other road machinery, purchased by the department and owned by ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 4 Petition . Section 4. If county commissioners, aldermen or selectmen adjudge that public necessity and convenience require that the commonwealth lay out and take charge ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 5 Filing of highway plan; right to abandon or discontinue; width of highway . Section 5. If the department determines, after public notice and a hearing ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 6 Alteration of location . Section 6. The department may alter the location of a state highway in a city or town by filing a plan ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7 Acquisition of land outside limits of existing highway . Section 7. If it is necessary to acquire land for the purposes of a state highway ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7A Acquisition of land to alter or relocate ways connecting with state highways . Section 7A. In connection with the laying out, alteration or reconstruction of ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7B Acquisition of slope easement to protect existing ways . Section 7B. Wherever in this chapter the department is authorized to take land by eminent domain ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7C Limited access ways; definition; acquisition of land; motorist service facilities . Section 7C. If the department determines that public necessity and convenience require that a ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7D Public utility easements and cattle passes . Section 7D. The department may grant easements within state highway locations for wires, pipes, poles, conduits and cattle ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7E Sale, transfer, lease or rental of excess lands . Section 7E. The department may sell at public or private sale any land, or rights in ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7F Entry on private land for purpose of surveys, soundings, drillings and examinations . Section 7F. Whenever the department deems it necessary to make surveys, soundings, ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7G Relocation of public utilities; purchase of lands and easements . Section 7G. Whenever, in connection with the laying out, widening, relocating, constructing or altering of ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7H Lease of lands for public parking facility . Section 7H. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, with the approval of the governor ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7I Agreements with railroads, transit authorities or other public authorities or municipalities regarding relocation or other work; advancement of funds . Section 7I. The department is ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7J Relocation assistance; acquisition of real property; payments; compliance with federal acts . Section 7J. In any federally aided program, the department of highways, in this ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7K Relocation of facilities of public utilities; entry upon lands . Section 7K. Whenever land or an easement therein is taken by the department by eminent ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7L Lease of air rights over state highways . Section 7L. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may, with the approval of the governor, ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 7M Acquisition of land for parks, historic sites, etc., to replace land required for federal highways . Section 7M. Whenever a federal-aid highway program or project ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 8 Construction of state highways; advertising for proposals . Section 8. The department, when about to construct a state highway, shall advertise in two or more ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 8A Engineering survey services; competitive sealed bids . Section 8A. Every contract for engineering survey services awarded by the department shall be awarded to the lowest ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 9 Repealed, 1931, 432 . ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 10 Contributions by cities and towns . Section 10. The mayor, selectmen or road commissioners or the board or officer having charge of the maintenance and ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 11 Acquisition of land to supply road materials . Section 11. The department shall have the same power as aldermen, selectmen or road commissioners in relation ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 12 Discontinuance or abandonment . Section 12. The department, with the concurrence of the county commissioners, may discontinue as a state highway any way or section ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 13 Duties of department; definition of state highway . Section 13. State highways shall be maintained and kept in good repair and condition by the department ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 13A Highway landscaping; acceptance of gifts of easements . Section 13A. The department may accept in behalf of the commonwealth from owners of lands included in ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 13B Restoration, preservation and enhancement of scenic beauty and historic or archeological sites; facilities for traveling motorists . Section 13B. The department may acquire by eminent ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 14 Removal of trees and other obstructions near highways . Section 14. The department, if it can obtain consent of the owner, shall remove the trees, ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 15 Contracts for maintenance and repair . Section 15. The department may contract with the town in which a state highway lies or with a private ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 16, 17 Repealed, 1931, 349 . ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 18 Defects in highways; liability . Section 18. The commonwealth shall be liable for injuries sustained by persons while traveling on state highways, if the same ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 19 Jurisdiction of local police; snow removal . Section 19. A town shall have police jurisdiction over all state highways within its limits. It shall forthwith ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 19A Repealed, 1928, 357, Sec. 7 . ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 20 Sidewalks . Section 20. The department shall from time to time construct sidewalks along such parts of the state highways as it determines public convenience ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 20A Illumination of highways . Section 20A. The department may illuminate, or cause to be illuminated, by means of highway lighting, traffic circles, traffic underpasses, traffic ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 21 Excavations or driveway openings on state highways; conditions; enforcement . Section 21. No state highway shall be dug up, nor opening made therein for any ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 22 Prescriptive rights of adjoining owners . Section 22. No length of possession, or occupancy of land within the limits of a state highway by an ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 23 Repealed, 1925, 288, Sec. 2 . ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 24 Authorization . Section 24. The department may, whenever any money is appropriated by the general court for its use in the construction or improvement of ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 25 Maintenance . Section 25. When any public way has been constructed or improved in whole, or in part, with money furnished by the commonwealth, and ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 26 Maintenance of ways in small towns . Section 26. There may be expended for the repair and improvement of public ways, other than state highways, ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 26A Maintenance of ways in small towns; contributions by county . Section 26A. The county commissioners of the county wherein any public way is to be ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 27 Maintenance costs; conditions of payment . Section 27. Expenditure of state funds under section twenty-six shall be made only upon the written petition of the ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 28 Maintenance of ways in small towns; performance of contract . Section 28. The said towns may contract with the department for the performance of the ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 29 Maintenance of ways in small towns; determination of town’s contribution . Section 29. The department shall determine, ad nearly as possible, the number of miles ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 29A Laying out or altering ways; consent, acquisition, funds . Section 29A. The department may lay out or alter ways other than state highways in any ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 30 Use of federal aid for highways and rural post roads . Section 30. The department may make all contracts and agreements and do all other ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 31 Apportionment of fund; equalizing grant; definitions: notifications of amounts apportioned and to be incurred . Section 31. The portion of the Highway Fund allocated for ...
Massachusetts General Laws - State Highways - Chapter 81, Section 32 Definitions . Section 32. For the purposes of reimbursing cities and towns for the costs actually incurred in constructing, maintaining and policing city or town ...
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