§ 9202. Maintenance agreement
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 74 Pa.C.S.A. TransportationEffective: January 1, 2022
Effective: January 1, 2022
74 Pa.C.S.A. § 9202
§ 9202. Maintenance agreement
(a) Agreement.--A municipality may enter into an agreement with the department to replace, synchronize and time traffic signals located within a critical or designated traffic corridor. The terms of the agreement may specify that the municipality provide services to the department. The agreement shall not exceed the time period of the useful life of the traffic signals. The municipality shall, during the duration of the agreement, properly maintain and time the traffic signals in accordance with the agreement.
(b) Critical corridors.--A municipality shall enter into an agreement with the department under terms specified under subsection (a) for critical corridors. A municipality shall provide to the department in a timely manner all traffic and intersection data that the municipality maintains for critical corridors and establish and agree to an operations plan with the department for critical corridors.
(c) Prioritization.--The department shall prioritize critical corridors and designated traffic corridors where proper signalization will provide the most benefit to the traveling public and reduce congestion. Priorities shall be reevaluated and updated as part of the 12-year transportation improvement plan cycle.
(e) Maintenance.--If the department determines that one or more traffic signals are not being maintained or timed in accordance with an agreement under subsection (a) or an existing agreement, the department shall provide written notice to all municipalities subject to the agreement no less than 60 days prior to taking any action to correct the deficient maintenance and timing. The written notice shall specify the maintenance and timing deficiencies that are to be corrected.
(4) If the department and the municipality do not reach a written understanding under paragraph (3), the department and the municipality shall select a civil engineer licensed by the Commonwealth who has substantial experience in traffic engineering to mediate the dispute. The engineer chosen must not be under an existing contract with the department or municipality unless the contract is specifically related to traffic signal mediation.
(g) Payment for failure to correct deficiencies.--If the department takes action under subsection (f), the department may deduct the actual costs of correcting the deficiencies in maintenance and timing from the payments made to the municipality under the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L. 1944, No. 655),1 referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law, and 75 Pa.C.S. Chs. 89 (relating to Pennsylvania Turnpike) and 95 (relating to taxes for highway maintenance and construction).
(1) In accordance with subsection (c), the department may own, install, replace, synchronize, time, operate or maintain a traffic signal and all associated signs and markings included on a department-approved traffic signal plan within a municipality if the department publishes the location of the signal or the critical corridor as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Credits
2013, Nov. 25, P.L. 974, No. 89, § 18, imd. effective. Amended 2016, July 20, P.L. 861, No. 101, § 2, effective in 60 days [Sept. 19, 2016].
Footnotes
72 P.S. § 2615.1 et seq.
74 Pa.C.S.A. § 9202, PA ST 74 Pa.C.S.A. § 9202
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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