- (1) The department may make changes in the alignment of state highways to provide for greater highway safety or more economical highway operation and maintenance.
(2) When a state highway is realigned, the former portion of it may be:
- (a) returned or relinquished to the county or municipality in which it is situated to be maintained as a highway;
- (b) abandoned by the department if it no longer serves the purpose of a highway; or
- (c) disposed of in accordance with Section 72-5-111 if the former portion was purchased in fee.
Amended by Chapter 122, 2012 General Session