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Title 32. HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES · Chapter 6. REGULATION OF MAINTENANCE AND USE OF PUBLIC ROADS GENERALLY · Article 6. PUBLIC UTILITIES · Part 2. RAILROADS
32-6-193. Authority of department, counties, and municipalities to eliminate grade crossings.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
When it is reasonably necessary in the interest of public safety, the department, in respect to the state highway system, a county, in respect to its county road system, or a municipality, in respect to its municipal street system, may authorize and direct the elimination of a grade crossing by construction of an underpass or overpass or by physical removal of the grade crossing and barricading or removing the approaches thereto without construction of an underpass or overpass, provided that any grade crossing elimination shall be in accordance with this part and that no grade crossing on a county road system or municipal street system shall be eliminated by construction of an underpass or overpass upon order of the county or municipality until and unless the department shall approve the plans and specifications of the proposed construction. No grade crossing on a public road shall be permanently closed except by elimination in accordance with this part.
History
Ga. L. 1927, p. 299, § 1; Code 1933, § 95-1902; Code 1933, § 95A-1008, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1050, § 2.
Law reviews
For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 213 (2002).
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Text read from t32-(v23a)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V23A, 2019 edition, pages 328 to 329; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 04a286a38b4e.