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The Vermont Statutes Online
Title
05
:
Aeronautics and Surface Transportation Generally
Chapter
070
:
GRADE CROSSINGS
§
3784. Grade crossings, alteration, expense apportionment
The board shall
direct that the expense of any alterations, changes, or removals, referred to
in sections 3783 and 3785 of this title, including the damages to any person
whose land is taken, and the special damages which the owner of land adjoining
the public highway shall sustain by reason of any change in the grade of the
highway, be paid in whole or in part by the state and the corporation owning or
operating the railroad which crosses the public highway, on the basis of
benefits received by the public and the corporation respectively. (Amended
1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 267, § 4,
eff. Aug. 1, 1961; 1969, No. 76, § 9.)