Sec. 8-137. Transfer, sale or lease of real property in a redevelopment area. The redevelopment agency, for the purpose of this chapter, may sell, lease or otherwise transfer for such sums as are agreed upon the whole or any part of the real property within a redevelopment area to the redeveloper or, if the real property is to be used for public purposes, to an appropriate public agency. Such sale, lease or transfer may include easements or other interests in, above or below any street, highway or other public right-of-way, existing or proposed, to the centerline thereof, other than the right-of-way of a state highway as defined in section 13a-1; provided adequate provision is made for the safe and convenient public use of the street, highway or other public right-of-way and for the protection of adjacent land users; and provided further, such sale, lease or transfer is made to or with the consent of the owner of the real property abutting that portion of the street, highway or other public right-of-way in, above or below which such easements or other interests are sold, leased or transferred unless the right or interest of the owner of such abutting real property in or to the easements or other interests in, above or below such street or other public right-of-way has been acquired by the municipality, or unless the owner of such abutting real property has no real property interest in or to such street, highway or other public right-of-way. The sale, lease or transfer of easements or other interests in, above or below the portion of a street, highway or other public right-of-way lying to one side of the centerline thereof, shall not prevent the sale, lease or transfer of easements or other interests in, above or below the portion lying on the other side of such