California Code of Regulations
Title 21 - Public Works
Division 2 - Department of Transportation
Chapter 13 - Grade Separation Projects-Applications for Allocation or Supplemental Allocations
Article 1 - Applications
Section 1555 - Project Limitation

Participation of the grade separation fund is limited to only that portion of the project which, in the determination of the California Transportation Commission, is necessary to make the grade separation operable and to effect the separation of grades between the highway and the railroad track or tracks, or necessary to effect the relocation of track or highway. Off-track maintenance roads shall be nonparticipating unless the existing access for maintenance purposes is severely impaired by the project. Participating items include, but are not limited to, approaches, ramps, connections, drainage, erosion control of slopes, such as ivy, iceplant, and rye grass, and preconstruction costs, such as right of way acquisition, preparation of environmental impact reports and utility relocation, necessary to make the grade separation operable. In any dispute as to scope of project or qualification of an item, the decision of the California Transportation Commission shall be conclusive.

1. Editorial correction filed 8-18-82 (Register 82, No. 34).

Note: Authority cited and Reference: Sections 2450- 2461, Streets and Highways Code; and City of San Marcos v. California Highway Commission, 60 Cal. App. 3d 383.