48:12-58.1 - Abandonment of line and grade crossings; notice; substitution of abandoned grade crossing sign for warning sign - New Jersey Statutes

48:12-58.1.  Abandonment of line and grade crossings;  notice; substitution  of abandoned grade crossing sign for warning sign
    Whenever a railroad company has discontinued or discontinues all traffic on  any line or part thereof, and has abandoned or abandons the use of such line  and the grade crossings thereon, said company shall notify the Board of Public  Utility Commissioners and the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles of its  action.  The Board of Public Utility Commissioners shall order the removal of  the warning sign erected by the railroad in accordance with R.S. 48:12-58 and  the installation in its place of a sign of such standard and design as shall be  approved by the board, with the inscription "Abandoned Grade Crossing."   When  the railroad track has been removed or paved over at an abandoned grade  crossing, no sign shall be required.

     L.1971, c. 393, s. 2, eff. Jan. 7, 1972.