The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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CROSSING HIGHWAYS
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 3581)
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§ 3581. Warning devices and signs at grade crossings; exemption from stopping
(a) A railroad shall maintain railroad crossing (crossbuck) signs conforming to the Federal
Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as amended from
time to time, at every public highway where the same is crossed by its railroad at
grade.
(b) The Transportation Board, upon recommendation of the Agency of Transportation and
after notice to the railroad and the person having control of the highway and an opportunity
to be heard, may designate certain crossings as “exempt” and may impose such conditions
as the interests of safety and the public good dictate. However, a flagperson shall
be stationed at every crossing whenever a train is crossing a highway where an exempt
sign is displayed. Within 90 days after such an order, the railroad in the case of
warning devices, and the person having control of the highway in the case of advance
warning signs, shall affix “exempt” signs in accordance with 23 V.S.A. § 1025. The petitioner shall bear the expense of the exempt sign.
(c) At the request of the Agency of Transportation, the railroad, or the person having
control of the highway, and after notice and an opportunity to be heard, the Transportation
Board may rescind an “exempt” crossing designation. The railroad and the person having
control of the highway shall remove the “exempt” signs as directed by the Transportation
Board. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1967, No. 153, § 1; 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. March 1, 1973; 1985, No. 268 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1991, No. 49, § 1, eff. June 4, 1991; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 53a; 2023, No. 6, § 30, eff. July 1, 2023.)