Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 563 – Inspection, posting and closure
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The department shall inspect all structures on public ways. [PL 2017, c. 154, §1 (AMD).]
1. Municipal-maintained structures. For a structure for which a municipality has maintenance responsibility, the department shall advise the municipality of its inspection findings and noted deficiencies. The department shall notify the municipality when a structure requires a posting or closure, and the municipality shall post or close the structure. The department may post or close a structure to protect the traveling public from an imminent hazard. The municipality is responsible for all costs and expenses related to the posting and closure, including any needed notifications, procedures, signing and barricades.
[PL 2021, c. 201, §1 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 563
- Maintenance: means the work necessary to preserve a structure's existing structural or functional capacity and integrity and to abate deterioration of its components. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 562
- Maintenance responsibility: means the responsibility to provide all resources needed to perform maintenance on a structure. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 562
- Municipality: includes departments or bureaus of State Government and quasi-independent agencies or boards of State Government that are responsible for structures on public highways, excepting the Maine Turnpike Authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 562
- Structure: means a bridge or minor span. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 562
2. Department-maintained structures. For a structure for which the department has maintenance responsibility, the department has sole responsibility and authority to determine whether the structure must be posted or closed, except that a municipality may close the structure in cases of emergency. If the municipality becomes aware of deficiencies in a structure that could impact posting or closure decisions, the municipality shall promptly notify the department. The department is responsible for all costs and expenses related to the posting and closure, including any needed notifications, procedures, signing and barricades.
[PL 2001, c. 314, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 314, §4 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 314, §2 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 314, §4 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 667, §§C20,22 (AFF). PL 2017, c. 154, §1 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 201, §1 (AMD).