36 P.S. § 670-205 Entry On Lands to Make Surveys; Damages; Penalty

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 36 P.S. § 670-205

The department shall have the power to enter upon any lands or enclosures for the purpose of making surveys to assist the department in determining whether any State highway should be relocated, widened or improved, and all surveys in connection with the actual relocation, widening or improvement of any State highway. Any entry made by any duly authorized employes of the department, for any such purpose, shall not be deemed a trespass under existing law.

Any damages sustained by the owned or owners of land entered upon by the department for the purpose herein provided shall be determined and paid in the manner provided by law for the payment of damages to property heretofore or hereafter caused or occasioned in connection with the work of the department in the construction, improvement, maintenance, and repair, or in the preparation of materials for such purpose, of roads, highways or bridges under the jurisdiction of the department, and for which the Commonwealth is responsible for maintenance, and attributed to negligence or carelessness on the part of the employes of the department.