§ 27-72-405 - State aid engineer.
27-72-405. State aid engineer.
The state aid engineer, under the direction of the Director of State Highways and Transportation, shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) Supervise and inspect all state aid street projects as the work progresses. Upon final completion of any project, the state aid engineer shall cause a final inspection to be made of such project for the purpose of determining whether the project has been completed satisfactorily in accordance with the plans and specifications. If satisfactorily completed, he shall approve payment of the final estimate on the project. The state aid engineer must certify partial and final completion of municipal street improvement utilizing state aid street funds. No progress or final estimate either on a contract or a force account project shall be paid unless approved in such manner by the state aid engineer, and on all contracts or force accounts projects a percentage of ten percent (10%) of each estimate thereon paid shall be retained until final acceptance of such project;
(2) Be subject to the direction of the State Highway Commission, provided that both the state aid engineer and the State Highway Commission shall be bound by the provisions hereof;
(3) Be responsible for notifying the local municipalities of the state aid street funds that are available for street improvements and certifying payment of the funds when satisfied that street work has been completed by the municipality or by contract;
(4) Prepare and distribute procedures to the various municipalities under which the state aid street funding program will be administered and assist those municipalities desiring aid in developing street improvement standards, but no statewide street specifications will be issued.