# 23 V.S.A. § 1006a: Highways; emergency closure

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T23_C13_S1006a

## Section

- **Citation:** 23 V.S.A. § 1006a
- **Heading:** Highways; emergency closure
- **Jurisdiction:** Vermont
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** VT Code / Title 23 / Chapter 13 / Section 1006a

## Text

(a) The Traffic Committee may close any part or all of any State highway to public travel to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the public. In such event, the Agency may maintain a detour comprising State or town highways, or both, around the closed section. If the Agency maintains a detour on a town highway, it shall be responsible for repairing any damage to the town highway caused by the detoured traffic.

(b) The Traffic Committee may establish a temporary speed limit within that portion of the State highways that is being reconstructed or maintained. The limit shall be effective when appropriate signs stating the limit are erected.

(c) Under 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, the Traffic Committee shall adopt such rules as are necessary to administer this section and may delegate this authority to the Agency of Transportation.

(d) Notwithstanding the maximum penalty established in section 2302 of this title and the waiver penalties established under 4 V.S.A. § 1102(d), the civil penalty for violating a speed limit established under subsection (b) of this section shall be twice the penalty for a non-worksite speed limit violation.

## Nearby sections

- [23 V.S.A. § 1001 § 1001. Rules](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T23_C13_S1001.md)
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- [23 V.S.A. § 1004 § 1004. Interstate highway rules](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T23_C13_S1004.md)
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