Whenever a referee, in determining the amount of damages for the taking of land under this part, finds that there has been unreasonable delay between the filing of a map under the provisions of section 13a-57 and the filing of a certificate of taking under section 13a-73, he may award such additional damages as he may find resulting therefrom.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13a-76a
(1967, P.A. 597, S. 1.)
Statute not retroactive in effect as it is substantive in nature imposing a new liability on the highway commissioner. 158 Conn. 452. Cited. 172 C. 234; 176 Conn. 264. Damages are appropriate under section. 46 CS 355.