49 U.S.C. § 24906 — Eliminating highway at-grade crossings
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-272 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 104 words · no verdicts yet
This section requires a plan to eliminate highway crossings at grade on the Northeast Corridor main line. Amtrak must pay 20 percent of each elimination’s cost.
(a) By September 30, 1993, after consulting the States on the main line of the Northeast Corridor, the Transportation Secretary must make a plan to eliminate all highway at-grade crossings of that main line by December 31, 1997. The plan may provide that a crossing does not have to be eliminated if eliminating it is impracticable or unnecessary and using it is consistent with conditions the Secretary considers appropriate to ensure safety. (b) Amtrak must pay 20 percent of the cost of eliminating each highway at-grade crossing under the plan.
In consultation with the States on the main line of the Northeast Corridor, the Secretary of Transportation shall develop a plan not later than September 30, 1993, to eliminate all highway at-grade crossings of the main line by not later than December 31, 1997. The plan may provide that eliminating a crossing is not required if—
impracticable or unnecessary; and
using the crossing is consistent with conditions the Secretary considers appropriate to ensure safety.
Amtrak shall pay 20 percent of the cost of eliminating each highway at-grade crossing under the plan.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 936.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-272 · 108 Stat. 936
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-272 on 1994-07-05.
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