Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 236 - Definitions and Administration
Section 13a-5. - Construction of roads and bridges for military purposes.

The commissioner, upon request of the Federal Highway Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation of the United States, may enter into agreements, subject to the limitations of section 13a-6, with the Federal Highway Administration for the making of surveys, plans, specifications and estimates for, and for the construction and maintenance of, roads and bridges necessary to provide access to military and naval reservations, to defense industries and defense industry sites and to sources of raw materials, and for replacing existing highways and highway connections shut off from public use at military and naval reservations and defense industry sites. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, he may enter into contracts in any manner approved by said Federal Highway Administrator for the construction of any such roads or bridges, or may cause such construction and maintenance work to be performed by employees of the Department of Transportation of this state.

(1949 Rev., S. 2203; 1958 Rev., S. 13-89; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 5; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 73; P.A. 77-5.)
History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act substituted federal Department of Transportation for federal Department of Commerce and state department of transportation for highway department; P.A. 77-5 substituted federal highway administration for bureau of public roads.
See Sec. 13a-73(d) re purchase or condemnation of land for military purposes.
Cited. 150 C. 374.

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