The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 19 V.S.A. § 21)
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§ 21. Picnic areas and parking places
(a) The Agency may purchase, or lease, or take in the manner provided in chapter 5 of
this title, as part of the highway, land adjacent to any route that is needed for
the preservation of its scenic character, or for the purpose of providing picnic or
camping grounds, or for parking areas for the use of travelers, provided that land
taken for these purposes by condemnation proceedings shall not extend in width more
than 250 feet from the center of the traveled portion of the highway (except limited
access facilities).
(b) The Agency shall, as a matter of policy, consider the establishment of wayside rest
areas when constructing or reconstructing State highways, and when requested, town
highways. The cost of building or rebuilding the wayside rest areas shall be included
in the costs of constructing or reconstructing that highway. The cost of maintenance
of these wayside rest areas shall be included in the cost of maintaining that highway.
(c) [Repealed.] (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1999, No. 18, § 18, eff. May 13, 1999; 2007, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 33.)