2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 13a-86a. Geometric design standards for bridges, exceptions. Factors re bridge rehabilitation or new construction. Development or construction of projects by municipal governments. Immunity from liability.
Sec. 13a-86a. Geometric design standards for bridges, exceptions. Factors re
bridge rehabilitation or new construction. Development or construction of projects
by municipal governments. Immunity from liability. (a) In the event site conditions,
environmental factors, engineering factors or considerations of community standards
and custom would reasonably allow for a departure from the standards for geometric
design with respect to bridges established by the American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials or by the Department of Transportation, the department
may approve exceptions to such standards without waivers.
(c) The department shall implement policies and programs to allow municipal governments to develop projects or construct projects, or both, in consultation with the department, in accordance with federal laws and regulations if federal funds are used.
(d) The state or a municipality, any state or municipal agency or any employee thereof or any engineer retained in connection with a bridge project shall not be liable for any injury or damage to any person or property caused by the selection of design standards that enable an existing bridge, which was initially constructed not less than twenty-five years prior to October 1, 1997, to be repaired or rehabilitated in substantially the same configuration that existed before such repair or rehabilitation, provided nothing in this subsection shall be construed to relieve the state, any municipality or any person from liability under section 13a-144 or 13a-149 arising out of structural or design defects in any such bridge or negligence in the maintenance, repair or rehabilitation of any such bridge.
(P.A. 97-214, S. 1.)
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