The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 5 : Aeronautics and Surface Transportation Generally
Chapter 068 : Construction and Operation of the Road
Subchapter 001 : Location, Condemnation, and Construction
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 3546)-
§ 3546. Additional lands
A railroad corporation may take additional lands for the purposes mentioned in sections 3543–3545 of this title as the Transportation Board judges necessary. Unless the taken lands are purchased or given, compensation for the lands shall be determined by the Transportation Board, as in other cases, and made by the railroad corporation to the owners and persons interested in the lands. When compensation is made, the same shall become part of the highway, and may be held for highway purposes, and the landowners and railroad corporation shall have the same right of appeal as in other cases of land damages. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 51; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. July 1, 2022.)
