Roadside Hardware

The commissioner of transportation may, in his discretion, provide or direct that  there  be  provided  in  such  designs,  plans, specifications and estimates, such  roadside  and  landscape  development,  including  such sanitary  and  other facilities as may be deemed reasonably necessary to accommodate the public; provided however that such development is within the bounds of any property acquired  for  purposes  connected  with  the highway  system  of  the state of New York pursuant to this chapter, and any adjacent publicly owned or controlled recreational areas of  limited size  and  with  provision  for  convenient  and  safe access thereto by pedestrian and vehicular traffic. All references  hereinafter  contained in  this  article to the construction of facilities and appurtenances of state highways, or to a section or sections of the arterial system,  may be  deemed  to  include the development and facilities mentioned in this paragraph.

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