New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 14 - RAILROADS
Part 4 - GRADE CROSSINGS ON LAND AND RAILROAD TRACKS CONTROLLED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Section 18.14.4.11 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE CROSSINGS OF DEPARTMENT OWNED RAILROAD PROPERTY
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. All liability at a private crossing will lie with the second party named in any existing or future crossing agreement. The department will bear no liability for these crossings.
B. The liability for the use and the responsibility for funding the inspection, maintenance and improvement of a private crossing shall be the responsibility of the second party, as the owner of the road that crosses the department owned railroad property.
C. If the department can not locate or acquire a valid agreement that has been issued to allow a private crossing of the department owned railroad property, and the department is unable to execute an agreement with an applicant for the crossing, the department shall initiate a process to consider closing the crossing utilizing the procedures included in 18.14.4.13 NMAC.
D. The department shall have the right to terminate an agreement in the event that the department determines any of the following: