§ 306A.6 — New and existing facilities — grade-crossing eliminations

Iowa § 306A.6

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 306A: CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS

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1. Cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the
state, as provided by chapter 306, may designate and establish an existing street or highway
as included within a controlled-access facility. The state or any of its subdivisions shall
have authority to provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of controlled-access
facilities with existing state and county roads, and city or village streets, by grade separation
3 CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS, §306A.10
or service road, or by closing off such roads and streets at the right-of-way boundary line of
such controlled-access facility.
2. The provisions of sections 306.11 through 306.17 shall apply and govern the procedure
for the closing of a road or street and the method of ascertaining damages sustained by
any person as a consequence of the closing, provided, however, that the highway authority
desiring the closing of such road or street shall conduct the hearing and carry out the
procedure therefor and pay any damages, including any allowed on appeal, as a consequence
thereof, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
3. After the establishment of any controlled-access facility, no highway or street which
is not part of said facility shall intersect the same at grade. A city or village street, county
or state highway, or other public way shall not be opened into or connected with any such
controlled-access facility without the consent and previous approval of the highway authority
inthestate, county, city, orvillagehavingjurisdictionoverthecontrolled-accessfacility. Such
consent and approval shall be given only if the public interest shall be served thereby.

Legislative History

[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306A.6]