Oregon · statute · Or. Rev. Stat. ch. 366 · 127 active provisions
As used in this chapter and in ORS chapter 367, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Chief engineer” or “engineer” means the person designated by the director under ORS 184.628. (2) “Commission” means the Oregon Transportation Commission. (3) “Department” means the Department of Transportation. (4) “Director” me…
As used in this Act: (1) “County court” includes all county officers or boards charged by law with the duty of building, constructing, repairing, altering or maintaining roads or bridges, or both. (2) “Road” or “highway” includes necessary bridges and culverts, and city streets, subject to such restrictions and limitat…
(1) There is created in the Department of Transportation an advisory committee to be appointed by the Governor to advise the department regarding the regulation of bicycle traffic and the establishment of bicycle lanes and paths. The committee shall consist of eight members including an employee of a unit of local gove…
(1) The Department of Transportation shall, among other things: (a) So far as practicable, compile statistics relative to the public highways of the state and collect all information in regard thereto which the Director of Transportation may deem important or of value in connection with highway location, construction,…
The Department of Transportation shall administer a program for the involvement of youth in the prevention and cleanup of litter and vandalism.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Noxious weeds” means any weed the State Department of Agriculture designates by rule as a noxious weed. (b) “Pesticide” has the meaning given that term in ORS 634.006. (2) The Department of Transportation shall administer a program aimed toward beautifying and cleaning state roadsides.…
(1) The Department of Transportation may issue a vegetation control permit to a person who holds a sign permit issued pursuant to ORS 377.700 to 377.844. A vegetation control permit authorizes the holder of the permit to control vegetation in the right of way of a state highway, in accordance with the provisions of thi…
(1) The Department of Transportation shall establish a program to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and promote public safety in priority areas where wildlife corridors identified in the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife intersect with proposed or existing public roads. (2) The…
(1) The Department of Transportation shall report biennially regarding the status of the program required under ORS 366.161 to interim or regular Senate and House committees relating to natural resources in the manner provided by ORS 192.245. (2) The report must include, but not be limited to: (a) Information concernin…
(1) The revolving fund in the amount of $400,000 established by warrant drawn on any fund belonging to the state highway funds in favor of the Director of Transportation is continued. (2) The revolving fund shall be deposited with the State Treasurer. The fund shall be at the disposal of the director. The director may…
(1) The Oregon Transportation Commission has general supervision and control over all matters pertaining to the selection, establishment, location, construction, improvement, maintenance, operation and administration of state highways, the letting of contracts therefor, the selection of materials to be used therein and…
The Oregon Transportation Commission shall develop a statewide winter maintenance strategy and policy that includes the use of rock salt or similar solid salt products. In developing the strategy, the commission shall focus on highways under the Department of Transportation’s jurisdiction as the road authority pursuant…
The total cost in any one year for administration and engineering of highway construction shall not exceed 10 percent of the total funds available to the Department of Transportation during that year for its highway activities.
(1) There is created the Freight Advisory Committee to be appointed by the Director of Transportation to advise the director and the Oregon Transportation Commission regarding issues, policies and programs that impact multimodal freight mobility in Oregon. (2) The director shall have discretion to determine the number…
(1) The Oregon Transportation Commission may select, establish, adopt, lay out, locate, alter, relocate, change and realign primary and secondary state highways. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the commission may not permanently reduce the vehicle-carrying capacity of an identified freight rou…
(1) The Oregon Transportation Commission may select, establish, designate, construct, maintain, operate and improve or cause to be constructed, maintained, operated and improved a system of state highways within the state, which highways shall be designated by name and by the point of beginning and terminus thereof. Th…
(1) The Department of Transportation may locate, relocate, define, establish, reestablish and confirm the extension, location and establishment of primary and secondary state highways where: (a) By reason of loss or destruction of field notes of the original surveys made by the county when such roads or highways were l…
(1) The Department of Transportation may select, locate, establish, designate, improve and maintain out of the highway fund a system of state highways, and for that purpose may, by mutual agreement with several counties, select county roads or public roads. By an appropriate order entered in its records the department…
Before proceeding with a modernization project, or a series of modernization projects on a single highway, that might result in a segment of highway to which tolling could reasonably be applied, the Department of Transportation shall determine what portion of the costs of construction and maintenance could be recovered…
The Oregon Transportation Commission may make such changes in the location of highways designated and adopted by the commission, as in the judgment and discretion of the commission will result in better alignment, more advantageous and economical highway operation and maintenance, or as will contribute to and afford a…
(1) As used in this section, “highway” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801.305. (2) The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules, taking into consideration the following: (a) Incorporating environmental performance standards into the design and construction of all state highway construction projects, inclu…
(1) Whenever the Department of Transportation relocates or realigns a state highway or a section thereof, and by reason of such relocation or realignment there is eliminated from the original route of the highway a section thereof, the eliminated section shall, if needed for the service of persons living thereon or for…
The Department of Transportation may select the materials to be used in the construction, maintenance and operation of state highways. It may purchase or contract for, independent of any particular job, improvement or highway project, whether done by contract, force account or otherwise, any material, supplies or equip…
The Department of Transportation may construct, equip, furnish and maintain office accommodations, shops, equipment sheds, storage plants and warehouses, snow fences, patrolmen quarters or accommodations and any other building, structure or thing deemed necessary for the efficient administration of the duties of the de…
The Department of Transportation may determine the widths of rights of way for all state highways.