23 U.S.C. § 116 : US Code - Section 116: Maintenance

Search 23 U.S.C. § 116 : US Code - Section 116: Maintenance

(a) It shall be the duty of the State transportation department
to maintain, or cause to be maintained, any project constructed
under the provisions of this chapter or constructed under the
provisions of prior Acts. The State's obligation to the United
States to maintain any such project shall cease when it no longer
constitutes a part of a Federal-aid system.
(b) In any State wherein the State transportation department is
without legal authority to maintain a project constructed on the
Federal-aid secondary system, or within a municipality, such
transportation department shall enter into a formal agreement for
its maintenance with the appropriate officials of the county or
municipality in which such project is located.
(c) If at any time the Secretary shall find that any project
constructed under the provisions of this chapter, or constructed
under the provisions of prior Acts, is not being properly
maintained, he shall call such fact to the attention of the State
transportation department. If, within ninety days after receipt of
such notice, such project has not been put in proper condition of
maintenance, the Secretary shall withhold approval of further
projects of all types in the State highway district, municipality,
county, other political or administrative subdivision of the State,
or the entire State in which such project is located, whichever the
Secretary deems most appropriate, until such project shall have
been put in proper condition of maintenance.
(d) Preventive Maintenance. - A preventive maintenance activity
shall be eligible for Federal assistance under this title if the
State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the
activity is a cost-effective means of extending the useful life of
a Federal-aid highway.