{"data":{"id":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-612","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"23 M.R.S. §612","heading":"Authority of Department of Transportation","body":"The Department of Transportation is authorized to construct bikeways within the existing rights-of-way of any state or state-aid highway. The department may also acquire additional rights-of-way adjacent to existing highway rights-of-way for the construction of bikeways. Such construction and acquisition of rights-of-way shall be accomplished in the same manner provided in this Title for highways.\nThe Department of Transportation shall consider development of bikeways when developing capital improvement programs.","path":["TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION","PART 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW","CHAPTER 10: BIKEWAYS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/23/title23sec612.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:32Z","sha256":"c9ecb1c1434da1055e8ac45aadbb3d4e23dd75b669a2b0486d28a30a4862436d","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-611","next":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-651"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}