Section 72-5-102 - DefinitionsAs used in this part, "state transportation purposes" includes:
(1) highway, public transit facility, and transportation rights-of-way, including those necessary within cities and towns;(2) the construction, reconstruction, relocation, improvement, maintenance, and mitigation from the effects of these activities on state highways and other transportation facilities, including parking facilities, under the control of the department;(3) limited access facilities, including rights of access, air, light, and view and frontage and service roads to highways;(4) adequate drainage in connection with any highway, cut, fill, or channel change and the maintenance of any highway, cut, fill, or channel change;(5) weighing stations, shops, offices, storage buildings and yards, and road maintenance or construction sites;(6) road material sites, sites for the manufacture of road materials, and access roads to the sites;(7) the maintenance of an unobstructed view of any portion of a highway to promote the safety of the traveling public;(8) the placement of traffic signals, directional signs, and other signs, fences, curbs, barriers, and obstructions for the convenience of the traveling public;(9) the construction and maintenance of storm sewers, sidewalks, and highway illumination;(10) the construction and maintenance of livestock highways;(11) the construction and maintenance of roadside rest areas adjacent to or near any highway; and(12) the mitigation of impacts from transportation projects.Amended by Chapter 22, 2023 General Session ,§ 20, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 222, 2021 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/5/2021.Amended by Chapter 431, 2019 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 79, 2001 General Session.