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§ 8-619. Power of Administration to lay out, establish, and construct State highways as parkway...

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West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 8. Highways (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 6. Construction and Maintenance (Refs & Annos)
Part IV. Parkways and Freeways
MD Code, Transportation, § 8-619
§ 8-619. Power of Administration to lay out, establish, and construct State highways as parkways or freeways
Currentness
Written orders
(a)(1) By written order, the Administration may lay out, establish, and construct any State highway as a parkway or a freeway.
(2) If a written order of the Administration states that a proposed highway is to be constructed as a parkway or a freeway, the order is conclusive evidence that, when the highway is constructed, it is a parkway or a freeway, as the case may be, with all the characteristics and incidents specified in this subtitle.
Use and restrictions imposed on property
(b) If property is acquired for a freeway, the Administration shall inform each property owner of the use and restrictions that are or may be imposed on the property under this subtitle.
Right of access to or from highway
(c)(1) If a highway is constructed as a parkway or a freeway, no person, including an owner of property abutting the highway, has the right of access to or from the abutting land to or from the highway.
(2) At the time of construction, in the case of a parkway, or at any time, in the case of a freeway, the Administration, in its discretion, may designate points at which access to a parkway or freeway will be permitted and may specify from time to time terms and conditions of that access.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 13, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977.
Formerly Art. 89B, §§ 213, 214, 218.
MD Code, Transportation, § 8-619, MD TRANS § 8-619
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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