§ 24-8-15 - Snow and ice removal – Notice of defects.
SECTION 24-8-15
§ 24-8-15 Snow and ice removal –Notice of defects. – (a) Every town or city shall at its own expense keep state roads within itslimits, respectively, sufficiently clear of snow and ice so the roads shall bereasonably safe for travel as now required by law, and shall at once notify inwriting the director of transportation or his or her employees of any defect orwant of repair of state roads within its limits.
(b) [Deleted by P.L. 2005, ch. 195, § 1 and P.L.2005, ch. 200, § 1.]
(2) All storage piles or areas where road de-icing agents arestored within the Scituate watershed shall be adequately covered and stored onan impervious base to mitigate runoff impacts to ground and surface waters. Thedirector of the department of transportation shall ensure where funds allow,that all drivers, loaders and handlers of de-icing agents within any watershedparticipate in training sessions in the proper application and control of roadde-icing agents; that de-icing vehicles, wherever feasible, operating withinthe Scituate watershed area equipped with sensor devices to control the spreadrate of de-icing materials in relation to the speed of the vehicle.
(3) For purposes of this section the "Scituate watershed"shall mean the total drainage area into the Scituate Reservoir – an areaof some 92.8 square miles in the towns of Scituate, Johnston, Foster,Glocester, and Smithfield – which because of its topography, soil type,and drainage patterns acts as a collector of rain waters which replenish orregorge existing public drinking water supplies in the Scituate Reservoir.