Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Transportation, on the application in writing of the selectmen of any town, the mayor and common council of any city or the warden and burgesses of any borough or on his own motion, may make all necessary orders regarding the relocation of an existing grade crossing where it can be shown that the crossing at the revised location will be in the interests of public safety, necessity and convenience due to improved highway alignment, gradient, sight distance or such other reason as will result in better traffic operations at the crossing, provided the state, town, city or borough making such application shall bear the cost of such relocation and the maintenance thereafter shall be borne in the same manner as prior to such relocation.

(1959, P.A. 52, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 218; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 566, 571, 610; P.A. 82-100.)

History: 1969 act substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “highway commissioner” where appearing; P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “public utilities commission”, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “public utilities control authority”, deleted “the commissioner of transportation” from list of those who may make application for relocation of grade crossings and added “or on his own motion”, effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-100b transferred to Sec. 13b-272; P.A. 82-100 deleted provision which had excluded lines having more than four regularly scheduled passenger trains a day from provisions of section.