72-5-102. Definitions. As used in this part, “state transportation purposes” includes:
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highway, public transit facility, and transportation rights-of-way, including those necessary within cities and towns; |
Terms Used In Utah Code 72-5-102
- Construction: means the construction, reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of the highways, including the acquisition of rights-of-way and material sites. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Public transit: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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the construction, reconstruction, relocation, improvement, maintenance, and mitigation from the effects of these activities on state highways and other transportation facilities, including parking facilities, under the control of the department; |
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limited access facilities, including rights of access, air, light, and view and frontage and service roads to highways; |
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adequate drainage in connection with any highway, cut, fill, or channel change and the maintenance of any highway, cut, fill, or channel change; |
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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; |
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the maintenance of an unobstructed view of any portion of a highway to promote the safety of the traveling public; |
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the placement of traffic signals, directional signs, and other signs, fences, curbs, barriers, and obstructions for the convenience of the traveling public; |
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the construction and maintenance of storm sewers, sidewalks, and highway illumination; |
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the construction and maintenance of livestock highways; |
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the construction and maintenance of roadside rest areas adjacent to or near any highway; and |
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the mitigation of impacts from transportation projects. |
Amended by Chapter 22, 2023 General Session
