§ 72-5-102. Definitions.

     As used in this part, "state transportation purposes" includes:

(1) highway and public transportation rights-of-way, including those necessary within cities and towns;

(2) the construction, reconstruction, relocation, improvement, maintenance, and mitigation from the effects of these activities on state highways and other transportation facilities under the control of the department;

(3) limited access facilities, including rights of access, air, light, and view and frontage and service roads to highways;

(4) adequate drainage in connection with any highway, cut, fill, or channel change and the maintenance of any highway, cut, fill, or channel change;

(5) weighing stations, shops, offices, storage buildings and yards, and road maintenance or construction sites;

(6) road material sites, sites for the manufacture of road materials, and access roads to the sites;

(7) the maintenance of an unobstructed view of any portion of a highway to promote the safety of the traveling public;

(8) the placement of traffic signals, directional signs, and other signs, fences, curbs, barriers, and obstructions for the convenience of the traveling public;

(9) the construction and maintenance of storm sewers, sidewalks, and highway illumination;

(10) the construction and maintenance of livestock highways;

(11) the construction and maintenance of roadside rest areas adjacent to or near any highway; and

(12) the mitigation of impacts from public transportation projects.

Amended by Chapter 79, 2001 General Session