Highway authority definition

Highway authority means the state highway commission, a board of county road commissioners or the governing body of a city or village.
Highway authority means the same as that term is defined in Section 72-1-102.
Highway authority means the Department of Transportation with respect to a State highway; the Illinois State Toll Highway with respect to a toll highway; the County Board with respect to a county highway or a county unit district road if a discretionary function is involved and the County Superintendent of Highways if a ministerial function is involved; the Highway Commissioner with respect to a township or district road not in a county unit road district; or the corporate authorities of a municipality with respect to a municipal street. (Illinois Highway Code [605 ILCS 5/2-213])

Examples of Highway authority in a sentence

  • The local Planning Authority shall be notified of proposed street lighting works in conservation area, which cannot be specifically funded by the Highway authority, to determine if the wish to meet the additional costs of installing equipment to a different specification and its subsequent maintenance.Currently there are no defined conservation areas of more than local importance.

  • The Highway authority has requested that contributions of £8,000 towards kerbing works and £7,500 for a new bus shelter be provided in this case.


More Definitions of Highway authority

Highway authority means the department or the legislative, executive, or governing body of a county or municipality.
Highway authority means North Yorkshire County Council or East Riding of Yorkshire Council as the case may be including their successor; and where the relevant matter is located in the administrative areas of both then it means both;
Highway authority means the authority appointed as such or to which the functions of such authority are entrusted under section 4;
Highway authority means the authority responsible for the maintenance of a road;
Highway authority means the department of state highways in the case of state trunk line highways, and the board of county road commissioners in the case of county roads.
Highway authority means the department or the legislative, executive, or
Highway authority means an authority responsible for the maintenance of a public road;