§ 15. Changes in the State highway system
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, highways may be added to or deleted from the State highway system by:
(1) an act of the General Assembly; or
(2) a proposal by the Agency that is accepted by the legislative body of the affected municipality and approved by an act of the General Assembly.
(b) Upon entering into an agreement with the affected municipality, the Secretary may relinquish to municipal control segments of State highway rights-of-way that have been replaced by new construction and are no longer needed as part of the State highway system. Upon their relinquishment to municipal control, the segments shall become class 3 town highways, and may be reclassified by the municipality in accordance with chapter 7 of this title. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2013, No. 12, § 15.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 1 - State Highway Law; General Transportation Provisions
§ 3. Transportation Board; creation; members
§ 4. Transportation Board; meetings; quorum; compensation
§ 5. Transportation Board; powers and duties
§ 6. Other boards, commissions, councils, and committees
§ 7. Secretary; powers and duties
§ 7a. Hearing before Secretary
§ 8. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; appointment; duties and powers
§ 9. Divisions; general provisions
§ 10a. Procurement of engineering and design services through competitive negotiation
§ 10b. Statement of policy; general
§ 10c. Statement of policy; highways and bridges
§ 10d. Statement of policy; airports
§ 10e. Statement of policy; railroads
§ 10f. Statement of policy; public transportation
§ 10g. Annual report; Transportation Program; advancements, cancellations, and delays
§ 10h. Cooperative interstate agreement
§ 10i. Transportation planning process
§ 10j. Intermodal and multimodal transportation facilities; project planning criteria
§ 10k. Statement of policy; asset management; sale of State property
§ 10l. Agency cooperation with regional planning commissions
§ 10m. Statement of policy; sustainable building components; annual report
§ 11a. Transportation funds appropriated for the Department of Public Safety
§ 11b. Town Highway Revolving Fund
§ 11c. Deposit in escrow account of amounts retained from progress payments
§ 11d. Funds for rehabilitation of historic bridges
§ 11f. Transportation Infrastructure Bond Fund
§ 12. Appropriations to Agency of Transportation
§ 12a. Transportation Program provided to the Committees on Transportation
§ 12b. Joint Transportation Oversight Committee
§ 15. Changes in the State highway system
§ 15a. Border crossings; cooperation with federal government
§ 16. Duties of Secretary in unorganized towns and gores
§ 17. Contracts; labor preference
§ 19. Small business enterprises
§ 20. Small claims for injury or damage
§ 21. Picnic areas and parking places
§ 23. Rights of action; notice
§ 26. Purchase and sale of property
§ 30. Issue of notes for State highway construction
§ 31. Abandonment of project; reconveyance
§ 32. Assumed width of right-of-way
§ 33. Survey of existing highways; damages
§ 35. Entrance upon lands for survey
§ 37. Impoundments of water created by beaver
§ 38. Transportation Alternatives Grant Program
§ 39. Agency of Transportation assistance with municipal salt sheds