Whenever the public safety requires that an existing crossing of a railroad by a public highway at grade be eliminated or that multiple grade crossings be consolidated, either the public road authority or the affected railroad may petition the Commonwealth Transportation Board to provide funding for and to require the elimination of the existing grade crossing as a condition of participating in the funding. Upon a finding that the public safety requires elimination of the existing grade crossing, and the Commonwealth Transportation Board funds are available for the improvement, the Commonwealth Transportation Board may order the elimination of the crossing or the consolidation of multiple grade crossings. The affected railroad may contribute to the cost of eliminating or consolidating grade crossings. The Commonwealth may apply for, receive, and contribute any available federal or other funds for the elimination or consolidation of grade crossings.
1996, cc. 114, 157.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 56 - Public Service Companies
Chapter 13 - Railroad Corporations
§ 56-345.1. Notice; consolidation, merger, abandonments, or discontinuances
§ 56-346. Certain powers conferred by law on railroad corporations
§ 56-347. Power of condemnation; limitation
§ 56-352. Railroad to have an insurable interest in property along its route
§ 56-353. Railroad company may appoint police agents
§ 56-354. Conductors, etc., to be conservators of the peace
§ 56-362. Right of railroad to cross watercourse, intervening railroad, etc.
§ 56-365.1. Closing and or consolidation of grade crossings
§ 56-368.1. Subsequent maintenance of underpasses and overpasses
§ 56-383. Railroad company may construct and maintain telegraph or telephone line
§ 56-405.02. Railroads to adjust certain public highways at grade crossings
§ 56-405.2. Construction and maintenance of crossbucks
§ 56-406.2. Proceeding for fixing cost of maintaining such warning devices at public grade crossings
§ 56-408. Signs similar to crossing signs prohibited
§ 56-411. Removal of brush and trees from right-of-way
§ 56-412. When trains shall be stopped before getting to railroad crossing
§ 56-412.1. Railroad cars obstructing street or road; standing vehicle on railroad track
§ 56-412.2. Ordinances conflicting with § 56-412.1
§ 56-412.3. Maintenance of certain roadways by Buchanan County
§ 56-413.01. Locomotive and rail car standards
§ 56-414. Bell and whistle or horn; when sounded
§ 56-415. Penalty for violation of § 56-414
§ 56-416. Effect of failure to give statutory signals
§ 56-417.1. Clearance to be provided in construction, etc., of railroad structures
§ 56-419. Duplicate switch keys of railroads; unlawful making, etc.; punishment
§ 56-419.2. Safety requirements applicable to vehicles transporting railroad employees
§ 56-428. Railroads liable for damage from fires set out by their engines or trains
§ 56-429. Company to erect fences along roadbed; cattle guards, etc.
§ 56-430. Construction of § 56-429; burden of proof
§ 56-431. When company not liable for injury on enclosed track
§ 56-432. Liability for injury on track not enclosed
§ 56-433. Cattle guards; remedy of aggrieved landowner; penalty
§ 56-434. When cattle guards may be discontinued
§ 56-435. Appeal from general district court to circuit court in cattle-guard cases
§ 56-436. Board of appraisers to appraise injured or killed livestock; duty of appraisers
§ 56-437. Effect of appraisal in case of suit; costs
§ 56-439. Application of §§ 56-436 through 56-438
§ 56-439.1. Notice of injury or death of certain livestock; penalty
§ 56-440. Penalty for failure to remove cause of complaint in cities or towns
§ 56-441. Liability for injury to employee
§ 56-446. Information to State Corporation Commission; penalty
§ 56-446.1. Limitations on passenger rail transportation liability