36 P.S. § 670-220 Parallel Highways; Establishment; Control of Direction of Traffic

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 36 P.S. § 670-220

When any State highway route or combination of State highway routes, or portions thereof, in the opinion of the secretary, is inadequate for present or anticipated traffic, and the cost of securing the right of way necessary for a highway of adequate design on the existing location would be unwarranted in the judgment of the secretary, or the topography adjacent to the existing location is such that widening is impractical, and the establishment and construction of a parallel highway, together with the retention of the existing highway, will provide ample width of highway for public use, the secretary may establish, construct and maintain a parallel or approximately parallel highway as a State highway in any township, borough, incorporated town or city, or combination of such political subdivisions, and retain the present highway as a part of the system of State highways. A plan for the establishment and construction of such parallel or approxi...