2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 13a-98. Authority for additional construction; reimbursement by party requesting.

      Sec. 13a-98. Authority for additional construction; reimbursement by party requesting. The commissioner shall have authority to build, or to enter into an agreement and issue a permit to build, if requested to do so, such additional section or part of a state highway or bridge as he may approve, provided the expense occasioned the state thereby shall be paid to the State Treasurer by the person requesting such additional construction on certification from the commissioner. If a permit is issued for such work, the permittee shall conform to such requirements and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2237; 1958 Rev., S. 13-118; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 98; 1967, P.A. 234.)

      History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1967 act added provision requiring permittee to conform to regulations prescribed by commissioner and reworded provisions for clarity and economy of expression.

      Commissioner's agreement to construct new road sections to relieve traffic congestion upon completion by defendant of a special development district was sufficient evidence for town council to conclude traffic congestion would probably not result from such change in use. 159 C. 212.