Utah Code § 72-5-102 (2026)

highway, public transit facility, and transportation rights-of-way, including those necessary within cities and towns;

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;

limited access facilities, including rights of access, air, light, and view and frontage and service roads to highways;

adequate drainage in connection with any highway, cut, fill, or channel change and the maintenance of any highway, cut, fill, or channel change;

weighing stations, shops, offices, storage buildings and yards, and road maintenance or construction sites;

road material sites, sites for the manufacture of road materials, and access roads to the sites;

the maintenance of an unobstructed view of any portion of a highway to promote the safety of the traveling public;

the placement of traffic signals, directional signs, and other signs, fences, curbs, barriers, and obstructions for the convenience of the traveling public;

the construction and maintenance of storm sewers, sidewalks, and highway illumination;

the construction and maintenance of livestock highways;

the construction and maintenance of roadside rest areas adjacent to or near any highway;

the mitigation of impacts from transportation projects; and

any other transportation purpose for which the department has responsibility under this title.