§ 29. Property for highways, bridges and other highway uses and\npurposes to be acquired by acquisition. 1. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provisions of this chapter, or any other laws, general or\nspecial, the commissioner of transportation shall, whenever the federal\ngovernment shall agree to grant or contribute to the state not less than\ntwenty-five per centum of the cost thereof, acquire pursuant to the\nprovisions of the eminent domain procedure law any and all property\nnecessary for the construction and reconstruction of highway projects\nlocated on the "strategic network of highways," as defined in the\nfederal defense highway act of nineteen hundred forty-one and as revised\nto May fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one and approved by the\nsecretary of war, or on such network as hereafter revised and approved,\nand also any and all property necessary for any other highway project,\nexclusive of parkways, when certified by the army or navy as important\nfor the purposes of national defense, and a like grant or contribution\nis to be made by the federal government. A highway indicated under this\nsection for construction or improvement, or any portion of such highway,\nmay be constructed or improved, or reconstructed, as a controlled access\nhighway, upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority vote of the\nboard of supervisors of the county in which the highway is to be\nconstructed. The resolution of the board of supervisors herein referred\nto shall not be required in relation to highways to be projected as\nthrough trunk routes and principally on new location. The costs of all\nsuch property as may be acquired under this section shall be paid in the\nfirst instance from any funds available for the construction,\nreconstruction and improvement of state highways and bridges.\n 2. The commissioner of transportation shall cause to be prepared an\naccurate acquisition map of any property which he may deem necessary for\npurposes connected with such highway projects or of any property in and\nto which he may deem the acquisition or exercise of an easement,\ninterest or right to be necessary for such purposes indicating and\ndescribing in each case the particular easement, interest or right. On\nthe approval of such acquisition map by the commissioner of\ntransportation, he shall acquire such property, easements, interests or\nrights pursuant to the eminent domain procedure law.\n 3. If the commissioner shall determine, prior to the filing of a copy\nof a map of acquisition, as provided in section four hundred two of the\neminent domain procedure law, in the office of the county clerk as\naforesaid, that changes, alterations or modifications of such map as\nfiled in the main office of the department should be made, he or she\nshall, subject to the provisions of article two of the eminent domain\nprocedure law, if applicable, direct the preparation of an amended map,\neither by preparing a new map or by making changes on the original\ntracing of such map, with a notation indicating such changes. On the\napproval of such amended map by the commissioner, it shall be filed in\nthe main office of the department in the same manner as the original map\nwas filed and the amended map shall thereupon in all respects and for\nall purposes supersede the map previously filed.\n 4. If the commissioner shall determine, prior to the filing of such\ncopy of the acquisition map in the office of the county clerk as\nprovided in section four hundred two of the eminent domain procedure\nlaw, that such map should be withdrawn, he or she shall file a\ncertificate of withdrawal in the offices of the department and\ndepartment of law. Upon the filing of such certificate of withdrawal,\nthe map to which it refers shall be cancelled and all rights thereunder\nshall cease and determine.\n 5. If, at or after the vesting of title to such property in the people\nof the state of New York in the manner provided for in the eminent\ndomain proce
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