Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-5-305
Owners construct culverts - penalty
Colorado · Colorado Revised Statutes Title 43 — Transportation · Status: effective
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- Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-5-305, Owners construct culverts - penalty, Colorado, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2321660
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(1) Any person or corporation owning or constructing any ditch, race, drain, or flume in, upon, or across any highway shall keep the highway open for safe and convenient travel by constructing culverts, bridges, or similar structures over such ditch, race, drain, or flume. When any ditch is constructed across, in, or upon any highway, the person owning or constructing such ditch shall construct a culvert, bridge, or similar structure long enough to conduct the water from shoulder to shoulder from such road or highway or of such greater length as the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction thereover may require, plans for said culvert, bridge, or similar structure having been approved in advance by said board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall maintain said culvert, bridge, or similar structure after construction, in accordance with the provisions of section 37-84-106, C.R.S.
(2) Any person or corporation who fails to construct a culvert, bridge, or similar structure across any ditch, race, drain, or flume, within a time limit to be specified by the board of county commissioners when the plans therefor are approved by said board as provided in subsection (1) of this section, shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars to the county for each day of failure to construct such bridge, culvert, or similar structure together with the cost of construction thereof. Proceeds from such penalty shall be paid into the road fund of the district. It is the duty of the road supervisor of the district to construct such culvert, bridge, or similar structure if the owner of such ditch, race, drain, or flume fails to comply.