Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 24-5 - Maintenance of Town Highways
Section 24-5-35. - Pothole hotline.

§ 24-5-35. Pothole hotline.
The department of transportation is hereby authorized and directed to establish a toll-free telephone hotline (1-800-pothole or 1-888-pothole, if available) for the purpose of reporting potholes to the state. If the department determines that a given pothole is not on a state highway but on a city or town highway, it shall make that information available to the respective municipality.
History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 504, § 1.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 24 - Highways

Chapter 24-5 - Maintenance of Town Highways

Section 24-5-1. - Duty of town to maintain highways.

Section 24-5-1.1. - Alteration of roadways.

Section 24-5-2. - Division of towns into districts — Election and terms of surveyors.

Section 24-5-3. - Annual town appropriation.

Section 24-5-4. - Appropriations expended under department of transportation — State aid.

Section 24-5-5. - Allotments to highway districts — Supervision of expenditures — Rates of compensation.

Section 24-5-6. - Expenditures by contract — Unexpended funds.

Section 24-5-7. - Special appropriations for particular projects.

Section 24-5-8. - General duties of surveyors of highways.

Section 24-5-9. - Removal of obstructions by surveyors.

Section 24-5-10. - Taking of road materials from adjoining land.

Section 24-5-11. - Damage in removing obstructions or materials.

Section 24-5-12. - Fine for neglect to keep highways in repair.

Section 24-5-13. - Liability of cities and towns for injuries from defective roads.

Section 24-5-14. - Snow and ice removal.

Section 24-5-15. - Penalty for failure to remove snow.

Section 24-5-16. - Diversion of water to damage of individuals prohibited.

Section 24-5-17. - Complaint and alteration of watercourse.

Section 24-5-18. - Bridges and fences on artificial watercourses along preexisting highways.

Section 24-5-19. - Bridges and fences along preexisting watercourses.

Section 24-5-20. - Bridges on boundary lines.

Section 24-5-21. - Penalty for neglect of boundary line bridge.

Section 24-5-22. - New highway using existing bridge.

Section 24-5-23. - Bridges and culverts built by adjoining landowners.

Section 24-5-24. - Undermining of walls and fences.

Section 24-5-25. - Compensation of surveyors.

Section 24-5-26. - Penalty for neglect by surveyors.

Section 24-5-27. - Rights of cities unimpaired.

Section 24-5-28. - Determination of places where guideposts necessary.

Section 24-5-29. - Failure to determine places for guideposts.

Section 24-5-30. - Erection of guideposts — Specifications.

Section 24-5-31. - Substitutes for guideposts.

Section 24-5-32. - Penalty for failure to maintain guideposts.

Section 24-5-33. - Injury to guideposts.

Section 24-5-34. - Jamestown and New Shoreham exempt.

Section 24-5-35. - Pothole hotline.