Pennsylvania § 16957 - Municipal streets as terminus of county road.
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§ 16957. Municipal streets as terminus of county road.
(a) Contract for improvements.--If a county road terminates at the corporate limits of a city or borough in the same county or in another county and connects with a municipal street which the municipal corporation has failed to properly improve, and the county commissioners in which the municipal corporation is located deem the improvement of the municipal street necessary to make the county road easily accessible to residents or to the traveling public, the county commissioners may contract with the governing body of the municipal corporation to improve municipal streets, including streets connecting a county road with the business districts of the municipal corporation or with a system of improved streets in the municipal corporation or which connect the road with another county road terminating at the limits of the municipal corporation.
(b) Contract to connect roads.--The county commissioners may enter into a similar contract as subsection (a) with one or more municipal governing bodies if:
(1) several municipal corporations are contiguous to each other;
(2) a county road terminates at the corporate limits of any of the municipal corporations;
(3) one or more of the municipal corporations have failed to properly improve a municipal street therein; and
(4) the county commissioners deem the improvement of the street necessary in order to make the county road easily accessible to residents or to the traveling public.
Cross References. Section 16957 is referred to in section 16958 of this title.
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 16957 ("Municipal streets as terminus of county road.") 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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