Section 8-641 - Costs of relocation; damage to adjacent property.

§ 8-641. Costs of relocation; damage to adjacent property.
 

(a)  Costs of relocation.- The Administration shall pay the costs of relocation to any public or private utility whose facilities are altered or relocated because of a railroad grade crossing or railroad grade separation project. The plans for the alteration or relocation shall be approved by the utility. 

(b)  Damage to adjacent property.- If the owner of land adjacent to any State highway suffers damages as the result of the elimination of a railroad grade crossing or railroad grade separation from that highway, the owner may sue the Administration and the railroad for these damages. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 89B, §§ 54-56; 1977, ch. 13, § 2.]