Tex. Transp. Code § 366.177 · Subchapter E. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF TURNPIKE PROJECTS
ACTIONS AFFECTING EXISTING ROADS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An authority may impose a toll for transit over an existing free road, street, or public highway transferred to the authority under this chapter.
(b) An authority may construct a grade separation at an intersection of a turnpike project with a railroad or highway and change the line or grade of a highway to accommodate the design of the grade separation. The action may not affect a segment of the state highway system without the department's consent. The authority shall pay the cost of a grade separation and any damage incurred in changing a line or grade of a railroad or highway as part of the cost of the turnpike project.
(c) If feasible, an authority shall provide access to properties previously abutting a county or other public road that is taken for a turnpike project and shall pay abutting property owners the expenses or any resulting damages for a denial of access to the road.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 7.24, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.366.htm
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