(a) On recommendation of the planning commission of a municipality, or on the initiative of the legislative body of a municipality, a legislative body may, after one public hearing warned for the purpose, designate or discontinue any town highway or portion of a town highway as a town scenic road. Such action by the legislative body may be petitioned by the registered voters of the municipality pursuant to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 1973.

(b) A town scenic road may be reconstructed or improved in a manner consistent with the Agency's Vermont Design Standards, as amended. A class 1, 2, or 3 scenic road shall still be eligible to receive aid pursuant to the provisions of this title. Signs along town scenic roads shall comply with the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as amended.

(c) [Repealed.]  (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2011, No. 62, § 24; 2015, No. 40, § 29.)