[§264-20.5]  Complete streets.  (a) 
The department of transportation and the county transportation departments
shall adopt a complete streets policy that seeks to reasonably accommodate
convenient access and mobility for all users of the public highways within
their respective jurisdictions as described under section 264-1, including
pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, motorists, and persons of all ages and
abilities.



(b)  This section shall apply to new
construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of highways, roads, streets,
ways, and lanes located within urban, suburban, and rural areas, if appropriate
for the application of complete streets.



(c)  This section shall not apply if:



(1)  Use of a particular highway, road, street, way,
or lane by bicyclists or pedestrians is prohibited by law, including within
interstate highway corridors;



(2)  The costs would be excessively disproportionate
to the need or probable use of the particular highway, road, street, way, or
lane;



(3)  There exists a sparseness of population, or there
exists other available means, or similar factors indicating an absence of a
future need; or



(4)  The safety of vehicular, pedestrian, or bicycle
traffic may be placed at unacceptable risk. [L 2009, c 54, §1]



 



Note



 



  Applies to development for which planning or design commences
on or after January 1, 2010.  L 2009, c 54, §4.



 



Revision Note



 



  Section was enacted as an addition to chapter 286 but is
renumbered to this chapter pursuant to §23G-15.