Section 29A. The department may lay out or alter ways other than state highways in any county, city or town provided that the county commissioner of the county, or the mayor of the city or the board of selectmen of the town consents thereto. Land or rights in land may be acquired for this purpose by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine by the department in behalf of the county, city or town in which the land lies. Any person whose property has been taken or injured by any action of said department under authority of this section may recover from the commonwealth under chapter seventy-nine such damages therefor as he may be entitled to. For this purpose the department may use any funds which may be available for highway purposes, including federal aid, and may also use any money appropriated for a county, or by a city or town, toward the damages sustained, provided that the county commissioners, selectmen or mayor have agreed in writing to pay the money thus appropriated upon the order of the department.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works
Section 2 - Road Information; Duties of Local Officials
Section 3 - Purchase and Maintenance of Road Machinery; Storage Quarters
Section 5 - Filing of Highway Plan; Right to Abandon or Discontinue; Width of Highway
Section 6 - Alteration of Location
Section 7 - Acquisition of Land Outside Limits of Existing Highway
Section 7a - Acquisition of Land to Alter or Relocate Ways Connecting With State Highways
Section 7b - Acquisition of Slope Easement to Protect Existing Ways
Section 7c - Limited Access Ways; Definition; Acquisition of Land; Motorist Service Facilities
Section 7d - Public Utility Easements and Cattle Passes
Section 7e - Sale, Transfer, Lease or Rental of Excess Lands
Section 7f - Entry on Private Land for Purpose of Surveys, Soundings, Drillings and Examinations
Section 7g - Relocation of Public Utilities; Purchase of Lands and Easements
Section 7h - Lease of Lands for Public Parking Facility
Section 7k - Relocation of Facilities of Public Utilities; Entry Upon Lands
Section 7l - Lease of Air Rights Over State Highways
Section 8 - Construction of State Highways; Advertising for Proposals
Section 10 - Contributions by Cities and Towns
Section 11 - Acquisition of Land to Supply Road Materials
Section 12 - Discontinuance or Abandonment
Section 13 - Duties of Department; Definition of State Highway
Section 13a - Highway Landscaping; Acceptance of Gifts of Easements
Section 14 - Removal of Trees and Other Obstructions Near Highways
Section 15 - Contracts for Maintenance and Repair
Section 18 - Defects in Highways; Liability
Section 19 - Jurisdiction of Local Police; Snow Removal
Section 20a - Illumination of Highways
Section 21 - Excavations or Driveway Openings on State Highways; Conditions; Enforcement
Section 22 - Prescriptive Rights of Adjoining Owners
Section 26 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns
Section 26a - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Contributions by County
Section 27 - Maintenance Costs; Conditions of Payment
Section 28 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Performance of Contract
Section 29 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Determination of Town's Contribution
Section 29a - Laying Out or Altering Ways; Consent, Acquisition, Funds
Section 30 - Use of Federal Aid for Highways and Rural Post Roads