(a) Whenever, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Transportation the same is necessary, said commissioner shall on any state highway, and may on any town highway, erect and maintain suitable warning and directional signs for the guidance of persons traveling thereon and may erect and maintain traffic control signals, devices, signs and markings on state highways, as approved by the Office of the State Traffic Administration. All of such signs and devices shall conform to the specifications of the manual of uniform traffic control devices as approved and revised by the Office of the State Traffic Administration.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, that set forth the criteria used for the designation of control cities in accordance with the standards established by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

(1949 Rev., S. 2246; 1958 Rev., S. 13-132; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 119; 523; P.A. 09-186, S. 53; P.A. 12-132, S. 7.)

History: 1963 acts added “devices” and requirement of conformance to specifications of uniform traffic control devices manual rather than standards of American association of state highway officials and restated previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 09-186 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made technical changes therein and added Subsec. (b) re designation of control cities, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 12-132 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012.