If access to a particular property or properties is controlled by a traffic signal, the Department of Transportation may require that improvements be made to the property within five hundred feet of the department's right of way which are necessary to improve traffic flow at the intersection controlled by the traffic signal. The required improvements must be limited to lane widening, adding a lane, curb cuts, medians, and similar improvements. Under this section, demolition or alteration of a permanent building on the property must not be required by the department. The property owner is not required to pay for improvements performed by the department.
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 119, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 3 - Department Of Transportation
Section 57-3-10. Department divided into divisions.
Section 57-3-20. Responsibilities and duties of division deputy directors.
Section 57-3-40. Office of Public Transit; powers and duties.
Section 57-3-50. Establishment of highway districts; review.
Section 57-3-110. Powers and duties of Department of Transportation.
Section 57-3-120. Definitions.
Section 57-3-150. Multiple trip permit; annual trip permit.
Section 57-3-160. Permit for cotton modular vehicle.
Section 57-3-170. Open-end permit, deposit or bond required.
Section 57-3-600. Newly constructed roads.
Section 57-3-610. Naming a road, bridge, or highway in honor of an individual.
Section 57-3-615. Highway tolls; usage.
Section 57-3-618. Imposition and collection of toll on Interstate 73.
Section 57-3-630. Bringing of suits.
Section 57-3-640. Driveways and roads in state parks.
Section 57-3-660. Streets, roads, and driveways at state institutions.
Section 57-3-670. Cooperation and contracts with Federal Highway Administration.
Section 57-3-680. Federal-aid projects which are not part of state system.
Section 57-3-690. Construction of county roads with Federal funds.
Section 57-3-700. Department as agent for counties.
Section 57-3-710. Counties shall make land payments and be liable for damages.
Section 57-3-720. Access facilities to state ports shipping and warehousing facilities.
Section 57-3-750. Records of road projects, contacts, and force accounts, must be kept and open.
Section 57-3-760. Annual report.