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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 231:184 (2024)

Excavation in Highway

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    231:184 Excavation in Highway. – No person or corporation shall dig up any highway or public ground for the purpose of laying water or gas pipes, or other pipes or structures therein, or of repairing the same, without first obtaining the consent of the commissioner of transportation or his division engineer when the excavation is in any state-maintained highway and in all other cases the consent of the selectmen or highway agent of the town or the mayor and aldermen or street commissioner of the city; except, in cases of emergency where the public health or safety is endangered, such action may be taken as provided in RSA 236:9.

Source. 1854, 1527:1. GS 141:1. 1868, 1:40. GL 155:1. PS 82:1. PL 98:1. RL 114:1. 1945, 188:1, part 25:1. RSA 255:2. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(3).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2007–2007 · leading case: Verizon New England, Inc. v. City of Rochester, 940 A.2d 237 (N.H. 2007).
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Verizon New England, Inc. v. City of Rochester, 940 A.2d 237 (N.H. 2007). “” Each utility also has an agreement or “harmonious understanding” with the city to use and occupy public ways: (1) the electric company has pole licenses; (2) the gas companies have consent from the city for their use and occupancy of the public ways, see RSA 231:184 (1993);…”
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