(a) The commissioner shall cause to be installed and shall maintain suitable lighting on any bridge or on any dangerous location or intersection on any state highway when he deems such lighting necessary to the safety of the public.

(b) The commissioner may provide, at the request of any interested town, person or company, a system of street lighting on any bridge on any state highway, under the provisions of section 13a-87, provided the state shall be reimbursed for the entire cost thereof by such town, person or company.

(c) The commissioner, upon request of any municipality, may enter into a written agreement with the municipality to reimburse it or any municipal district therein for twenty-five per cent of the cost of new highway lighting installations and the annual cost of operation thereof on agreed portions of unlimited access state-maintained highways, when he deems that such lighting will contribute to the safety of the public and the need for such lighting meets the requirements established by the commissioner.

(1949 Rev., S. 2241, 2271; 1957, P.A. 609; 1958 Rev., S. 13-122, 13-123, 13-127; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 76; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 110; P.A. 73-675, S. 17, 44; P.A. 75-568, S. 13, 45.)

History: 1961 act removed obsolete reference to requests by counties in Subsec. (b), county government having been abolished in 1959; 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 73-675 substituted transportation fund for highway fund in Subsec. (a); P.A. 75-568 deleted provision re payment of costs from transportation fund in Subsec. (a).

Cited. 198 C. 413.

Cited. 39 CS 234.