§ 27-76-404 - Actions affecting existing roads -- Grade separation. - Arkansas Statutes

27-76-404. Actions affecting existing roads -- Grade separation.

(a) A regional mobility authority may construct a grade separation at an intersection of a transportation project with a railroad or highway and change the line of the railroad or grade of a highway to accommodate the design of the grade separation as provided under this section.

(b) A regional mobility authority shall obtain consent from the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department and the State Highway Commission before constructing a grade separation under this section that affects a segment of the state highway system.

(c) A regional mobility authority shall pay the cost of a grade separation and any damage incurred in changing a line of a railroad or the grade of a highway as part of the cost of the transportation project.

(d) (1) On request of the county, a regional mobility authority that has changed the location of a segment of a county road as part of its development of a transportation project shall reconstruct that segment of the road at a location that the regional mobility authority determines restores the utility of the road.

(2) On request of the city, a regional mobility authority that has changed the location of a segment of a city road as part of its development of a transportation project shall reconstruct that segment of the road at a location that the regional mobility authority determines restores the utility of the road.

(3) Determinations under this subsection (d) as to the relocation of a road shall be at the discretion of the regional mobility authority.

(4) Any reconstruction under this subsection (d) and the associated costs of reconstruction are deemed to be in furtherance of a transportation project.