Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 19 Sec. 955

  • highway: includes rights-of-way, bridges, drainage structures, signs, guardrails, areas to accommodate utilities authorized by law to locate within highway limits, areas used to mitigate the environmental impacts of highway construction, vegetation, scenic enhancements, and structures. See
  • Selectboard: includes village trustees and city councils. See
  • Town: includes incorporated villages and cities. See

§ 955. Winter roads

When a public highway is so obstructed by snow that travel is impracticable, the selectboard of the town may immediately lay out, prepare, and open a winter highway for travel in place of the obstructed highway. The highway shall be continued only during the winter in which it is laid out. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)