53 Pa. Stat. § 57005

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 57005 - Power to lay out, open, vacate and alter streets

With regard to any street or portion of a street within township limits, a township may, with or without petition of abutting property owners, do any of the following:

(1) Lay out, open, widen, straighten, alter, extend, relocate and improve.
(2) Establish or reestablish the grades.
(3) Keep in order and repair and in safe passable condition.
(4) Vacate and discontinue when deemed expedient for the public good.
(5) With the approval of the Department of Transportation, vacate highways laid out by the Commonwealth within the township limits which have remained unopened for thirty years.

53 P.S. § 57005

1931, June 24, P.L. 1206, art. XX, § 2005. Amended 1949, May 27, P.L. 1955, § 43; 1953, May 27, P.L. 220, § 3; 1978, April 28, P.L. 118, No. 48, § 1, effective in 60 days; 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 782, No. 96, § 76, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].