N.Y. Highway Law § 49: Improvement of state highways at expense of county or at the joint expense of such county and any city, village or town

§ 49. Improvement of state highways at expense of county or at the

joint expense of such county and any city, village or town. The board of

supervisors of any county may request of the department an estimate of

the additional cost of improving a state highway to a width or in a

manner, or both, as desired by such board. The department shall as soon

as practicable make an estimate of such additional cost and transmit the

same to the board of supervisors, and the board of supervisors may

thereupon by resolution petition the commissioner of transportation to

provide the width and type of improvement desired. The expense caused by

the increased width or the type of improvement, or both, shall be borne

wholly by the county, or, in the discretion of the board of supervisors

of any county, and with the consent of the appropriate board of any

city, village or town in which the road is located, the expenses may be

apportioned between such county and such other municipality or

municipalities, in such proportion as may be agreed to. Whenever plans

and specifications have been approved providing for such increased width

or such type of improvement, or both, an estimate of the cost of such

increased width or type of improvement, or both, shall be submitted to

the board of supervisors, which, if it approve such plans,

specifications and estimate of cost, shall, by resolution, duly adopted

by a vote of a majority of all of the members of such board, appropriate

the funds necessary to provide therefor; and such funds shall be made

available for the commissioner of transportation in the manner provided

in this article.