Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 203 – Duty to incorporate cost of landscaping, planting and reforestation …
Whenever the Department of Transportation undertakes any construction project in this State covered by this subchapter, it shall incorporate into the cost of such project sufficient funds to complete all landscaping, planting and/or reforestation activities required by this subchapter.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 203
- Construction: means the first complete building or rebuilding of a highway after it has been converted into a state highway upon a modern engineering design with a permanent foundation of cement, concrete or other equally hard and permanent material and a top dressing of suitable material to economically withstand the wear of the particular traffic to which such highway will probably be subject with an adequate drainage system so that such highway, with reasonable maintenance, can reasonably be expected to endure for upwards of 40 years. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
- Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
If upon the completion of all landscaping, planting and/or reforestation activities required by this subchapter, and upon the completion of any funds transfers authorized by this subchapter, there remain funds in the budget of a construction project that had been designated specifically for landscaping, planting and/or reforestation activities, the Department shall use the remaining unobligated funds to perform or pay for other landscaping, planting and/or reforestation activities in the State.