‘Construction, maintenance and repair’ includes the acquisition, operation or use of any material, equipment or facility that is used exclusively for the construction, maintenance or repair of a public road and is necessary for the safe and efficient use of the public road, including, without limitation:

1.  Grades and regrades;

2.  Graveling, oiling, surfacing, macadamizing and paving;

3.  Sweeping, cleaning and sanding roads and removing snow from a public road;

4.  Crosswalks and sidewalks;

5.  Culverts, catch basins, drains, sewers and manholes;

6.  Inlets and outlets;

7.  Retaining walls, bridges, overpasses, underpasses, tunnels and approaches;

8.  Artificial lights and lighting equipment, parkways, control of vegetation and sprinkling facilities;

9.  Rights-of-way;

10.  Grade and traffic separators;

11.  Fences, cattle guards and other devices to control access to a public road;

12.  Signs and devices for the control of traffic; and

13.  Facilities for personnel and the storage of equipment used to construct, maintain or repair a public road.