Vermont § 1010 - Special occasions; town highway maintenance

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§ 1010. Special occasions; town highway maintenance

  • (a) When it appears that traffic will be congested by reason of a public occasion or when
    a town highway is being reconstructed or maintained or where utilities are being installed,
    relocated, or maintained, the legislative body of a municipality may adopt ordinances
    as to the speed of motor vehicles, may exclude motor vehicles from town highways,
    and may adopt traffic ordinances as the public good requires. However, signs indicating
    the ordinances must be conspicuously posted in and near all affected areas, giving
    as much notice as possible to the public so that alternative routes of travel could
    be considered. (b) Notwithstanding the maximum penalty established in section 2302 of this title and the waiver penalties established under 4 V.S.A. § 1102(d), the civil penalty for violating a speed limit established under the worksite provision
    of this section shall be twice the penalty for a non-worksite speed limit violation. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973; amended 1991, No. 15, § 2; 1997, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; 2009, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 2015, No. 47, § 26; 2019, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; 2025, No. 18, § 42, eff. May 13, 2025.)

Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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