§7218. Bridges erected by municipalities maintained
Bridges erected by any municipality, over which any railroad passes, shall be constructed and maintained in a manner and condition as to safety as the Department of Transportation may determine. The department may require the officers of the railroad company and of the municipality to attend a hearing in the matter, after notice of the hearing to all parties in interest as the department deems proper. The department shall determine at the hearing the repairs, renewals or strengthening of parts, or if necessary the manner of rebuilding the bridge required to make the bridge safe for the uses to which it is put. The department shall determine who shall bear the expenses of the repairs, renewals, strengthening or rebuilding, or it may apportion the expense between the railroad company and the city or town, as the case may be, in a manner as deemed by the department to be just and fair and shall make its report. [PL 1989, c. 398, §8 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 398, §8 (NEW).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 617: RAILROAD CROSSINGS
23 §7201. Land taken from railroad; notice and hearing
23 §7202. Location of railroad crossings; expense; appeals
23 §7203. Maintenance of railroad crossings already laid out
23 §7204. Recording adjudications of Department of Transportation
23 §7205. Crossing of public ways
23 §7206. Ways raised or lowered; course altered
23 §7207. Discontinuance of railroad crossings
23 §7209. Bridges over canals or railroads; repairs; proceedings where unsafe conditions
23 §7211. Crossing signs on each side of track; whistle and bell
23 §7212. Precautions at crossings
23 §7213. Crossings kept open part of year; expense apportioned
23 §7214. Signboards at grade crossings; ringing of engine bells
23 §7215. Failure to comply; damages
23 §7218. Bridges erected by municipalities maintained
23 §7219. Report of decisions and copies to parties interested
23 §7220. Speed limit at highway grade crossings
23 §7221. Automatic signals; expense; definition
23 §7222. Crossings designated
23 §7223. Obstructions ordered removed; notice
23 §7224. Expense of removal paid by municipality; partial state reimbursement
23 §7225. Damages; municipality and State to share
23 §7226. Buildings not removed without owner's consent
23 §7227. Applicability to all railroads
23 §7228. Railroad company may enter private property
23 §7229. Maintenance charges for private crossings
23 §7230. Partial reimbursement of cost
23 §7231. Petition; damages; expenses; temporary ways
23 §7232. Tracks of more than one railroad