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THE OBJECTIVES, METHODS AND HISTORY OF THE WEST VIRGINIA HIGHWAY LAWS STUDY OF 1962 ARE DISCUSSED. THE STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE OF LAW OF WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY IN COOPERATION WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE ROAD COMMISSION AND THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS. IN VIEW OF EXTENSIVE REVISIONS OF THE HIGHWAY LAWS IN 1951 AND 1957 IT WAS DECIDED TO CONCENTRATE ON SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS AND DEVELOP CHANGES IN THE EXISTING STATUTES TO MAKE THE STATE HIGHWAY PROGRAM MORE EFFECTIVE, RATHER THAN ATTEMPTING A COMPREHENSIVE REVISION AND CODIFICATION OF THE STATE LAWS. SPECIFIC AREAS STUDIED INCLUDED INCREASING THE DISCRETION OF THE STATE ROAD COMMISSIONER IN FIXING MOTOR VEHICLE SPEEDS, THE NEED FOR GREATER CONTROL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUBDIVISIONS ADJACENT TO HIGHWAYS, THE REGULATION OF ACCESS TO HIGHWAYS, AND PROPERTY CONDEMNATION FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR FUTURE HIGHWAY PURPOSES, AND THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY HELD BY THE STATE ROADS COMMISSION. BOTH SUBSTANTIVE LAW AND PROCEDURAL LAW WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY. DIGESTS AND A DETAILED INDEX OF RELEVANT STATE STATUTES AND OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WERE DEVELOPED. HIGHWAY LAWS IN OTHER STATES WERE STUDIED. NUMEROUS MEETINGS WERE HELD WITH INTERESTED PARTIES, AND PROPOSALS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE IN JANUARY 1963.

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• A PERSPECTIVE FOR LAW REVISORS
• A PERSPECTIVE FOR STATE HIGHWAY LAW REVISION STUDIES: NEW MEXICO
• A PERSPECTIVE FOR STATE HIGHWAY LAW REVISION STUDIES: WYOMING
• EFFECT IN FLORIDA OF REQUIRING CONDEMNOR TO PAY CONDEMNEE'S ENTIRE LITIGATION EXPENSES
• HIGHWAY RESERVATIONS AND LAND USE CONTROLS UNDER THE POLICE POWER
• IMPACT OF THE HIGHWAY PROGRAM ON RAILROAD PROPERTY RIGHTS
• JURISDICTION TO REGULATE UTILITIES ON HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY
• RESEARCH INTO THE VALUE OF LANDLOCKED RIGHT-OF-WAY PARCELS
• TECHNIQUES OF LAND ACQUISITION FOR FUTURE HIGHWAY NEEDS
• TENANT RELOCATION AND THE HIGHWAY PROGRAM
• The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962
• USE OF OFFICIAL MAP PROCEDURE TO RESERVE LAND FOR FUTURE HIGHWAYS