{"data":{"id":"us-pa/73-pa.c.s.-5504","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"73 Pa.C.S. § 5504","heading":"Power to lay out, open, vacate and alter streets.","body":"With regard to a street or portion of a street within township limits, a township may, with or without petition of abutting property owners, do any of the following:\n(1) Lay out, open, widen, straighten, alter, extend, relocate and improve.\n(2) Establish or reestablish the grades.\n(3) Keep in order and repair and in safe passable condition.\n(4) Vacate and discontinue when deemed expedient for the public good.\n(5) With the approval of the Department of Transportation, vacate highways laid out by the Commonwealth within the township limits which have remained unopened for 30 years.","path":["Title 73 - TOWNSHIPS","PART II FIRST CLASS TOWNSHIP CODE","CHAPTER 55 STREETS AND HIGHWAYS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=73\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=55\u0026sctn=4\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-06-23 (Statute Update stamp, 73 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:35:38Z","sha256":"d3280eba9d13a702f878f25682d089118961e07e72aee6b921aff04b5c0ed80c","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/73-pa.c.s.-5503","next":"us-pa/73-pa.c.s.-5505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}