New York Highway Law Article 8-A - TOWN HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

• 219 - Definitions.
  As used in this article: 1. "Town highway" shall mean highways constructed, improved or maintained by the town with the aid of the state or...
• 220 - Improvement of Town Highways; Submission of Plan.
  1. The town board of any town may, upon its own determination, or upon recommendation of the town superintendent, elect to improve, repair or reconstruct...
• 221 - Compilation of Approved Plans; Estimated Costs.
  Not later than the twenty-eighth day of February each year, the commissioner shall compile all approved plans and estimate the probable cost of each approved...
• 222 - Specifications.
  1. It is the intent of this article that the improvement, repair or reconstruction of such town highways, including necessary grade and culvert work and...
• 223 - Surfacing of Town Highways.
  1. Plans for surfacing town highways may be adopted and filed and otherwise follow the procedure provided in section two hundred twenty of this article...
• 224 - Bridges.
  Neither in the improvement, repair or reconstruction of town highways, nor in the surfacing thereof, pursuant to this article, shall the continuity of the roadbed...
• 225 - Performance of Work.
  1. All work on an approved project shall be under the immediate control and direct supervision of the town superintendent, subject to inspection by the...
• 226 - Co-Ordination of Projects.
  So far as practicable, the town boards and town superintendents of adjoining towns, within the county, contemplating projects with the county superintendent, may confer by...
• 227 - State Aid to Towns.
  1. a. To aid the towns in the improvement, repair or reconstruction of town highways pursuant to this article, the state, within the amount appropriated...
• 228 - Payment of State Aid.
  1. The county superintendent shall notify the commissioner when work has been commenced on an approved project. As work progresses on a project according to...
• 229 - Financing of Town's Share of Cost.
  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, a town may appropriate and spend money to pay its share of the cost of an approved...
• 229-a - Federal Aid.
  1. If the federal government, through any federal law, makes an allotment of moneys or otherwise provides financial aid and assistance for approved projects, the...
• 229-b - Disbursement of Moneys; Accounts and Reports.
  Moneys appropriated by a town and available for approved projects shall be disbursed by the town supervisor upon vouchers approved by the town superintendent, in...
• 229-c - Existing Rights.
  The repeal of article eight-A of the highway law, as added by chapter three hundred fifteen of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty shall not...
• 229-d - Duration of Article.
  This article and the provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect until April first, nineteen hundred eighty-two.

Last modified: February 3, 2019