CHAPTER 571

S.P. 605 - L.D. 1654

An Act To Amend Transportation Laws

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §704, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 676, §1 and affected by §2, is amended to read:

3. Arterial highways. For arterial highways that lie outside the compact area of an urban compact municipality, the Department of Transportation shall limit the number, spacing, design, location and construction of driveways, entrances or approaches to maintain promote the maintenance of existing posted speeds and ensure safe travel.

Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §704, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2001, c. 301, §1, is further amended to read:

6. Access denied. The Department of Transportation and the municipalities shall deny ingress to and egress from property abutting the highway when access rights have been acquired by the department, except that the Commissioner of Transportation may allow access for the development of state and state aid highways and may approve a relocation of an existing break in a control of access consistent with the rules adopted pursuant to subsection 2.