§ 10. General powers and duties of the commissioner of transportation\nrelating to highways. The commissioner of transportation shall:\n 1. Have general supervision of all highways and bridges which are\nconstructed, improved or maintained in whole or in part by the aid of\nstate moneys.\n 2. Cause surveys, maps, plans, specifications and estimates to be made\nfor the improvement, construction and maintenance of state highways.\n 2-a. In consultation with the commissioner of commerce and the\ncommissioner of parks and recreation, cause the preparation and\ndistribution of a highway map for the state, including but not limited\nto a representation of the state highway system, the thruway system, the\nprincipal bikeways and highway systems of the municipalities within the\nstate. Such map shall be intended to facilitate travel and promote\ntourism throughout the state, and shall not be admissible in any\nproceeding as proof of ownership, location or condition of the highways\nrepresented thereon.\n 3. Cause investigations and reconnaissance surveys to be made for the\npurpose of ascertaining and determining the practicability and\nfeasibility of extensions to the system of state highways by the\nconstruction of possible branches or cut-offs from state highways for\nthe purpose of affording by-passes around cities, villages and hamlets\nof the state to relieve traffic congestion therein, and also for the\nconstruction of additional routes to relieve traffic congestion on\npresent main routes. The expense of such investigations and\nreconnaissance surveys shall be a proper charge against funds available\nfor the construction, reconstruction or maintenance of state highways.\n 4. Approve and determine the final plans, specifications and estimates\nfor state highways and cause a contract to be let for the construction\nor improvement of same after due advertisement.\n 5. Direct and cause to be made such repairs of state highways as he\ndeems necessary, within the estimates and appropriations made therefor.\n 6. Cause an inspection and examination to be made of all work on state\nhighways.\n 7. Annually cause to be inspected all improved state highways, and\nshall require a complete report of such inspection which shall show the\ncondition of the highway inspected, the necessary work to be performed\nin the repair and maintenance of such highways, and the estimated cost\nthereof.\n 8. Approve and certify to the monthly estimates of allowances for work\nbeing performed under any contract let for the construction, improvement\nor maintenance of state highways.\n 9. Prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, fixing\nthe duties of county and town superintendents in respect to all highways\nand bridges and determining the method of the construction, improvement\nor maintenance of such highways and bridges. Such rules and regulations\nshall, before taking effect, be printed and transmitted to the highway\nofficers affected thereby.\n 9-a. Prescribe rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, fixing\nthe duties of county and town superintendents, in respect to oil spill\ncontrol, pursuant to authority given the commissioner in section one\nhundred seventy-seven of the navigation law.\n 10. Compel compliance with laws, rules and regulations relating to\nhighways and bridges by highway officers and see that the same are\ncarried into full force and effect.\n 11. Aid county and town superintendents in establishing grades,\npreparing suitable systems of drainage and advise with them as to the\nconstruction, improvement and maintenance of highways and bridges.\n 12. Investigate and determine upon the various methods of road\nconstruction adapted to different sections of the state, and as to the\nbest methods of construction and maintenance of highways and bridges.\n 13. Compile statistics relating to the public highways throughout the\nstate, and collect such information in regard thereto as he shall deem\nexp
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