Sec. 2. (a) When a state
highway that was temporarily closed is reopened to traffic as a public thoroughfare, the department shall place the
official detour route in the condition agreed to
in writing by the department and the county before the official detour route was designated by the department.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-23-21-2
- Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- official detour route: means the path the department designates a motorist to use to reach a destination while a state highway, part of a state highway, or state highway bridge is closed to the public as a thoroughfare while under construction, while being repaired, or when closed for any other reason. See Indiana Code 8-23-21-0.3
- unofficial detour route: means the path that the department in conjunction with local officials determines many motorists have taken or are likely to take in place of the official detour route because the path is or was:
Indiana Code 8-23-21-0.5
(1) is at least as good as the condition the unofficial detour route was in before it was determined by the department to be an unofficial detour route; or
(2) satisfies specifications of a written agreement between the department and the county in which the unofficial detour route is located.
(c) The department is required to restore only one (1) unofficial detour route for each official detour route under this section.
(d) Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter and if the establishment of run arounds is determined to be the most cost effective alternative of all available alternatives, the department shall establish run arounds instead of detours and may install temporary structures or other facilities to render the run arounds usable by persons traveling over the highway.
As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.230. Amended by P.L.78-1990, SEC.1; P.L.120-1995, SEC.4.
