SECTION 730:40-1-11. Railroad-highway grade crossings

(a)   Although rail-highway crossing construction, maintenance, and repair are, in general, the responsibility of the operating railroad, the Department nevertheless has a primary responsibility for providing a system of safe and efficient state highways for the traveling public. That responsibility mandates coordination and cooperation between the Department and the operating railroads with regard to rail-highway crossings.

(b)   The Office of Rail Program under the authority of the Deputy Director is authorized to request assistance from the Field Division Engineers in carrying out cooperative efforts between the Department and operating railroads with regard to rail-highway crossing improvements. Field Division Engineers are authorized to respond in such cooperative efforts and to provide such services and exercise such control as they deem necessary and in the interest of the traveling public.

[Source: Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2033, eff 6-11-99]