31-33-4. Legislative intent--Joint planning between first or second class municipality, county and state officials--Integrated system of state highways and arterial streets. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Legislature to provide that to the greatest extent possible an arterial street system, as provided for in this chapter, shall be planned as a joint venture between first or second class municipality, county and state officials to assure maximum contribution to the total municipal and community environment with consideration given to safety, convenience to the user, present and future traffic needs and the capacity of the municipality or cooperating agencies or both to develop and maintain said system, and further arterial streets should, when combined with the state trunk system, become an integrated system of highways and streets.
Source: SL 1969, ch 117, § 8; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.