(a) Railroad crossings.--A city constructing a street across a railroad shall construct the street above or below the grade of the railroad, unless permitted by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to construct the street at grade.
(b) New construction.--Any new construction of a street crossing a railroad or any vacation of any street crossing a railroad shall be constructed or vacated only in a manner consistent with the rules and regulations and under the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
(c) Compensation to owners.--The compensation for damages to the owners of adjacent property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction of a street crossing a railroad or any vacation of any street crossing a railroad shall be ascertained, fixed and paid according to 66 Pa.C.S. Pt. I (relating to public utility code).
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Section 12901 - Map of streets
Section 12902 - Laying out streets
Section 12903 - Effect of laying out street
Section 12904 - Improvements within laid-out streets
Section 12915 - Power to open and alter streets
Section 12916 - Ordinances when no petition is presented
Section 12917 - Erection of improvements restricted
Section 12918 - Petition for opening
Section 12919 - Notice of petition
Section 12922 - Assessment of damages and benefits
Section 12930 - Power to grade, pave and macadamize
Section 12931 - Payment of cost of improvement
Section 12938 - Preparation of streets for paving or repairing
Section 12939 - Highways in cities
Section 12950 - Grade crossing
Section 12955 - Acquisition of unobstructed views
Section 12960 - Use of abutting lands for embankments, slopes, fills and culverts
Section 12970 - Appropriation for connections with highways
Section 12975 - Street closings and detours
Section 12985 - Maintenance of streets forming boundaries
Section 12988 - Streets more than half of whose width is within city