Any city or town, by resolution of its city or town council, may propose the construction or reconstruction of an appropriate street or highway within its municipal boundaries as a project eligible for participation in the benefits conferred by the Federal Aid Highway Act, 23 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., approved August 27, 1958, and all acts supplemental thereto and in amendment thereof, and may make appropriations therefor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 24-4-1