As used in this part: (1) "Public entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 72-2-201. (2) "State institution of higher education" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53B-3-102. (3) "State transportation purposes" includes: (a) highway, public transit facility, and transportation rights-of-way, including those necessary within cities and towns; (b) the construction, reconstruction, relocation, improvement, maintenance, and mitigation from the effects of these activities on state highways and other transportation facilities, including parking facilities, under the control of the department; (c) limited access facilities, including rights of access, air, light, and view and frontage and service roads to highways; (d) adequate drainage in connection with any highway, cut, fill, or channel change and the maintenance of any highway, cut, fill, or channel change; (e) weighing stations, shops, offices, storage buildings and yards, and road maintenance or construction sites; (f) road material sites, sites for the manufacture of road materials, and access roads to the sites; (g) the maintenance of an unobstructed view of any portion of a highway to promote the safety of the traveling public; (h) the placement of traffic signals, directional signs, and other signs, fences, curbs, barriers, and obstructions for the convenience of the traveling public; (i) the construction and maintenance of storm sewers, sidewalks, and highway illumination; (j) the construction and maintenance of livestock highways; (k) the construction and maintenance of roadside rest areas adjacent to or near any highway; (l) the mitigation of impacts from transportation projects; and (m) any other transportation purpose for which the department has responsibility under this title.
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