General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT |
TITLE XIV. PUBLIC WAYS AND WORKS |
CHAPTER 84. REPAIR OF WAYS AND BRIDGES |
SECTION 1. Repair of highways and town ways at expense of towns |
SECTION 2. Repair of bridge by two or more towns; repair of drawbridge |
SECTION 3. Enforcement of order for repair |
SECTION 4. Warrants against delinquent towns |
SECTION 5. Appropriation for construction, repair, and maintenance of highway through two or more towns |
SECTION 5A. Removal of snow or ice; equipment and employees |
SECTION 6. Sanding of tarred ways |
SECTION 7. Duties of surveyors of highways and road commissioners |
SECTION 7A. Notice of repair, construction or reconstruction of road or highway |
SECTION 8. Fences, gates or bars to prevent spread of disease; removal |
SECTION 9. Ditches by side of ways |
SECTION 10. Entry upon land to secure and protect public way; damages |
SECTION 11. State aid for keeping highway open in winter |
SECTION 11A. Maintenance of highways constructed or improved in whole or in part by county |
SECTION 12. Meeting of proprietors and occupants of private way or bridge; warrant; clerk and surveyor |
SECTION 13. Refusal or neglect of proprietor or occupant to comply with vote |
SECTION 14. Financing repairs |
SECTION 15. Personal injuries or property damage from defective ways |
SECTION 16. Damage caused by excessive load |
SECTION 17. Injury or damage caused by snow or ice |
SECTION 18. Notice of injury; contents; limitation of action |
SECTION 19. Service of notice |
SECTION 20. Omissions in notice; notice of insufficiency |
SECTION 21. Notice to owner of private property |
SECTION 22. Neglect to repair way; penalty |
SECTION 23. Dedicated ways |
SECTION 24. Damage from defects in dedicated ways |
SECTION 25. Repairs made on way within six years of injury |
SECTION 26. Liability of abutting lot owner |
SECTION 27. Excavations abutting public way; liability of owners |
SECTION 27A. Erection of barriers at excavations abutting public ways; duty of owner; penalty |