72-3-301. Statewide public safety interest highway defined — Designations — Control — Maintenance — Improvement restrictions — Formula funding provisions.
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As used in this part, “statewide public safety interest highway” means a designated state highway that serves a compelling statewide public safety interest. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 72-3-301
- Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 72-1-202. 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
- 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.
- Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State highway: means those highways designated as state highways in Title 72, Chapter 4, Designation of State Highways Act. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- statewide public safety interest highway: means a designated state highway that serves a compelling statewide public safety interest. See Utah Code 72-3-301
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Statewide public safety interest highways include:
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SR-900. From near the east bound on and off ramps of the I-80 Delle Interchange on the I-80 south frontage road, traversing northwesterly, westerly, and northeasterly, including on portions of a county road and a Bureau of Land Management road for a distance of 9.24 miles. Then beginning again at the I-80 south frontage road traversing southwesterly and northwesterly on a county road for a distance of 4.33 miles. Then beginning again at the I-80 south frontage road traversing southwesterly, northerly, northwesterly, westerly, and northeasterly on a county road and a Bureau of Land Management road to near the east bound on and off ramps of I-80 Low/Lakeside Interchange for a distance of 2.61 miles. The entire length of SR-900 is a total distance of 16.18 miles. |
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SR-901. From SR-196 traversing westerly and northwesterly on a county road to a junction with a Bureau of Land Management road described as part of SR-901, then northwesterly to a junction with a county road for a distance of 8.70 miles. Then beginning again at a junction with SR-901 traversing northwesterly on a Bureau of Land Management road to a junction with a county road for a distance of 6.52 miles. Then beginning again at a junction with SR-901 traversing southwesterly on a Bureau of Land Management road to a junction with a county road for a distance of 5.44 miles. Then beginning again from a junction with SR-901 traversing southwesterly on a county road to a junction with a county road a distance of 11.52 miles. Then beginning again at a junction with SR-196 traversing westerly on a Bureau of Land Management road to a junction with a county road for a distance of 11.30 miles. The entire length of SR-901 is a total distance of 43.48 miles. |
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The department has jurisdiction and control over all statewide public safety interest highways. |
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A county shall maintain the portions of a statewide public safety interest highway that was a class B county road under the county’s jurisdiction prior to the designation under this section. |
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17-50-305, a county may not abandon any portion of a statewide public safety interest highway. |
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Except under written authorization of the executive director of the department, a statewide public safety interest highway shall remain the same class of highway that it was prior to the designation under this section with respect to grade, drainage, surface, and improvements and it may not be upgraded or improved to a higher class of highway. |
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A class B county road that is designated a statewide public safety interest highway under this section is considered a class B county road for the purposes of the distribution formula and distributions of funds. |
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The amount of funds received by any jurisdiction for class B and class C roads under Section 72-2-107 may not be affected by the provisions of this section. |
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Amended by Chapter 144, 2017 General Session
