Vermont § 21 - Picnic areas and parking places

§ 21. Picnic areas and parking places

• (a) The Agency may purchase, or lease, or take in the manner provided in chapter 5 of
  this title, as part of the highway, land adjacent to any route that is needed for
  the preservation of its scenic character, or for the purpose of providing picnic or
  camping grounds, or for parking areas for the use of travelers, provided that land
  taken for these purposes by condemnation proceedings shall not extend in width more
  than 250 feet from the center of the traveled portion of the highway (except limited
  access facilities). (b) The Agency shall, as a matter of policy, consider the establishment of wayside rest
  areas when constructing or reconstructing State highways, and when requested, town
  highways. The cost of building or rebuilding the wayside rest areas shall be included
  in the costs of constructing or reconstructing that highway. The cost of maintenance
  of these wayside rest areas shall be included in the cost of maintaining that highway. (c) [Repealed.] (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1999, No. 18, § 18, eff. May 13, 1999; 2007, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 33.)