Kansas Statutes 68-1904. New and existing facilities; grade crossing eliminations
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 68-1904
- controlled access facility: means a highway, road or street especially designed to expedite and control through and local traffic, and over, from or to which highway, road or street, owners or occupants of abutting property shall have only a controlled right or easement of access, light, air or view. See Kansas Statutes 68-1901
- Highway authorities: means the secretary of transportation and the board of county commissioners of any county or governing body of any incorporated city acting individually or collectively. See Kansas Statutes 68-1901
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- road: include public bridges and may be construed to be equivalent to "county way" "county road" "common road" "state road" and "territorial road. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
The highway authorities may designate and establish controlled access highways as new and additional facilities, or an existing street or highway may be included within such facility, and they may provide for the elimination of intersections at grade with existing state or county roads and city streets or other public ways if the public interests shall be served thereby, but no city street, county road or state highway or other public way shall be opened into or connected with such controlled access facility without the consent of the highway authority having jurisdiction over such controlled access facility, and the respective highway authorities are hereby authorized to make all necessary agreements between themselves and the federal government as may be necessary to fully perform and fulfill the purposes and provisions of this act.