§264-31  Maintenance of federal-aid highways.  (a)  The maintenance work on all roads upon which federal-aid funds have been expended shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the director of transportation either by public employment or by contract, or the director may have the work performed by the county road department, by public employment or by contract, upon authorization of the council of the county concerned.  Expenditures for the maintenance work shall be made from the state highway fund created by section 248-8.

     (b)  All maintenance work shall consider the extent to which work undertaken will increase traffic congestion and the director shall ensure that action is taken to reasonably minimize any adverse impact.  The feasibility of off-hour maintenance work shall be considered for all maintenance work that results in significant traffic congestion or delay.

     (c)  As used in this section, "off-hour maintenance work" means maintenance work performed between the hours of six o'clock p.m. and six o'clock a.m. [L 1929, c 53, pt of §1; RL 1935, §1720; RL 1945, §4972; am L 1945, c 82, §2; RL 1955, §111-11; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §264-31; am L 1992, c 42, §2]

Revision Note

  References to "council" substituted for "board of supervisors" to conform to county charters.