Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-36-116

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Duties of railways as to paving and street

Official statutory text

improvements.

When a railway occupies any portion of a street with its tracks

running in the general direction of the street, either on or

adjacent thereto, the railway company shall improve the space

between its tracks, and two (2) feet on either side thereof, in the

same manner that the remainder of the street is to be improved, or

with such other material as the municipality may require. Where any

railway company occupies an alley with its track or tracks, the

company shall be required to improve, gutter, drain, grade or pave,

chat or gravel such alley in the manner that may be required by the

ordinances of the municipality. Where any railway company crosses

any street that is being or has been paved, the governing body may

require the railway company to pave so much of the street as may be

occupied by its track or tracks and two (2) feet on each side, and

when more than one track crosses the street within a distance of one

hundred (100) feet, measuring from inside rail to inside rail, the

railway company shall grade, gutter, drain, curb, pave, chat or

gravel, or improve between its tracks in the same manner as the

municipality may be improving or has improved the other portion of

the street. Provided however, any municipality may, at the time of

the construction of the tracks, the granting of any street railway

franchise, or at the time of the publication of the resolution,

waive any or all of the requirements of this section if it deems it

to be in the best interests of the municipality to do so.

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