Whenever any curbing on a public street, road or highway is constructed, repaired or remodeled to a major degree by the state highway department or the road department of any county or municipality, ramps shall be installed at any intersection having curbs or other barriers to entry onto the street or road from a sidewalk. History: 1953 Comp., § 55-2-53, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 151, § 1. ANNOTATIONSImmunity. — The addition of ramps is immunized under the Tort Claims Act because such installation would not constitute 'maintenance' but rather would be a 'reconstruction'. Villanueva v. City of Tucumcari, 1998-NMCA-138, 125 N.M. 762, 965 P.2d 346.
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