Scheurman v. Department of Transportation

*623Riley, C.J.

We granted leave to appeal in these two cases, consolidated for purposes of this appeal, to decide whether the highway exception1 to governmental immunity2 imposes upon the state or the counties the duty to: (1) install street lighting, and (2) remove, or cause to be removed, vegetation growing on private property which obstructs the view of motorists approaching an intersection.

With regard to the state and the counties, the liability created by the highway exception statute extends "only to the improved portion of the highway designed for vehicular travel and shall not include…