Rural and Small Urban Transit
Legal Implications to Closing or Reducing Maintenance on Low Volume Roads in North Dakota
This report documents steps counties and townships in North Dakota can take to minimize their tort liability with respect to closing roads, abandoning roads, or designating minimum maintenance roads. This information is intended merely to be a guide, and is not a legal opinion.
Final Report
Date: March 1997
Authors: Peter Welte, Jill Hough, and Ayman Smadi
Completed Report: MPC-97-69 (PDF, 595K)
For more information about this project, please e-mail jill.hough@ndsu.edu.