CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATIONS REQUIRED FOR CROSSINGS (§ 56-27)

Before the work is commenced upon any such crossing, the public service
corporation which proposes to cross the public road shall make written
application to and submit to the board of supervisors or other governing body of
the county in which such highway is located and to the Commissioner of Highways
plans, specifications and descriptions of the proposed crossing and of the
proposed appliances and methods of operation thereof; and if the plans,
specifications and descriptions are not accepted by such board of supervisors or
other governing body aforesaid and by the Commissioner of Highways within sixty
days after the same shall have been delivered to the clerk of such board of
supervisors or other governing body aforesaid and to the Commissioner of
Highways, such public service corporation may then proceed with the construction
and operation of the crossing, under the plans, specifications and descriptions
and with the appliances and methods so submitted.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 3885; 1920, p. 412.