Terms Used In Utah Code 72-5-109

• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• state transportation purposes: includes :
  (1) highway, public transit facility, and transportation rights-of-way, including those necessary within cities and towns;
  (2) the construction, reconstruction, relocation, improvement, maintenance, and mitigation from the effects of these activities on state highways and other transportation facilities, including parking facilities, under the control of the department;
  (3) limited access facilities, including rights of access, air, light, and view and frontage and service roads to highways;
  (4) adequate drainage in connection with any highway, cut, fill, or channel change and the maintenance of any highway, cut, fill, or channel change;
  (5) weighing stations, shops, offices, storage buildings and yards, and road maintenance or construction sites;
  (6) road material sites, sites for the manufacture of road materials, and access roads to the sites;
  (7) the maintenance of an unobstructed view of any portion of a highway to promote the safety of the traveling public;
  (8) the placement of traffic signals, directional signs, and other signs, fences, curbs, barriers, and obstructions for the convenience of the traveling public;
  (9) the construction and maintenance of storm sewers, sidewalks, and highway illumination;
  (10) the construction and maintenance of livestock highways;
  (11) the construction and maintenance of roadside rest areas adjacent to or near any highway; and
  (12) the mitigation of impacts from transportation projects. See Utah Code 72-5-102