Pennsylvania § 16921 - Improvement of municipal roads.
Full text of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 16921 — Improvement of municipal roads., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16921. Improvement of municipal roads.
(a) General rule.--If a system of main thoroughfares had been adopted or if the adoption is being contemplated within two years after the commencement of the improvement, the county commissioners may take exclusive control of and improve any road or section of road located either wholly or in part in any municipal corporation, whether existing by the municipal corporation's authority or laid out in whole or in part by virtue of this act or otherwise.
(b) Necessary power.--For the purposes of subsection (a), the county commissioners may originally locate, lay out, establish in whole or in part, relocate, straighten, widen, extend, alter, open, construct and improve roads or vacate as much of a road rendered unnecessary and useless.
(c) Maintenance.--A road established, altered, constructed and improved under this section shall, by ordinance enacted by each municipal corporation through which the road shall pass, become a municipal road, and each respective municipal corporation through or into which the road extends shall maintain and keep the road.
Cross References. Section 16921 is referred to in sections 16907, 16920, 16922 of this title.
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 16921 cover?
Section 16921 ("Improvement of municipal roads.") is part of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the codified statutory law of Pennsylvania. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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