§ 1 Repair of highways and town ways at expense of towns
§ 2 Repair of bridge by two or more towns; repair of drawbridge
§ 3 Enforcement of order for repair
§ 4 Warrants against delinquent towns
§ 5 Appropriation for construction, repair, and maintenance of highway through two or more towns
§ 5A Removal of snow or ice; equipment and employees
§ 6 Sanding of tarred ways
§ 7 Duties of surveyors of highways and road commissioners
§ 7A Notice of repair, construction or reconstruction of road or highway
§ 8 Fences, gates or bars to prevent spread of disease; removal
§ 9 Ditches by side of ways
§ 10 Entry upon land to secure and protect public way; damages
§ 11 State aid for keeping highway open in winter
§ 11A Maintenance of highways constructed or improved in whole or in part by county
§ 12 Meeting of proprietors and occupants of private way or bridge; warrant; clerk and surveyor
§ 13 Refusal or neglect of proprietor or occupant to comply with vote
§ 14 Financing repairs
§ 15 Personal injuries or property damage from defective ways
§ 16 Damage caused by excessive load
§ 17 Injury or damage caused by snow or ice
§ 18 Notice of injury; contents; limitation of action
§ 19 Service of notice
§ 20 Omissions in notice; notice of insufficiency
§ 21 Notice to owner of private property
§ 22 Neglect to repair way; penalty
§ 23 Dedicated ways
§ 24 Damage from defects in dedicated ways
§ 25 Repairs made on way within six years of injury
§ 26 Liability of abutting lot owner
§ 27 Excavations abutting public way; liability of owners
§ 27A Erection of barriers at excavations abutting public ways; duty of owner; penalty
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 84 - Repair of Ways and Bridges

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