Section 59. Additional width, different type of construction or other additional work under repair or reconstruction contracts

Whenever  in  the   maintenance,  repair  or  reconstruction  of  state  highways  the
  commissioner of transportation shall have determined upon the  necessity
  of  resurfacing  or  reconstructing  such  highway,  the county, town or
  village wherein the highway is located may petition the commissioner  of
  transportation  to  provide  an  additional  width,  a different type of
  pavement, or both, or any additional work or any or all of same, in  the
  plans providing for such resurfacing or reconstruction.
    The   additional   expense   of   such  widening,  different  type  of
  construction or additional work shall be borne wholly  by  such  county,
  town  or  village  and the provisions of sections forty-six, forty-eight
  and forty-nine shall apply to such additional width, different  type  of
  construction  or any additional work under such repair or reconstruction
  contract in the same manner as under a construction contract as provided
  in those sections.