48:15-28 - Relocation of tracks at request of body having control of streets; effect on period of operation; approval - New Jersey Statutes

48:15-28.  Relocation of tracks at request of body having control of streets;  effect on period of operation;  approval    Whenever any street railway or traction company shall change the location of  its tracks or any part thereof in any street or public park to another part of  such street or park, or from a private right of way proposed to be taken for  street or public park purposes to a new location within the lines of any street  or within the boundaries of such park, or from any street, public park or  private right of way to a new location in another street, at the request of the  body charged with the maintenance and repair of such streets or public park on  or through which such tracks are located and to which such tracks shall be  moved, the company so changing the location of its tracks and its successors  and assigns may maintain and operate its tracks with the necessary  appurtenances in the new location for as long a period as it had the right to  maintain and operate the tracks in their former location at the time of the  relocation.

    No such change shall be made without first obtaining approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners.

     Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 177.