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...osed grade crossing improvement the railroad companies involved in such proceedings shall co-operate with the director in the preparation of plans and specifications covering the construction of the proposed project. Such companies shall furnish such plans, specifications, and approximate estimates as the director directs. In changing the grade of any railroad, no grade shall be required in excess of that adopted by ...

... the director of transportation the railroad companies involved and the director have refused, failed, or neglected to agree upon the necessity of the improvement, or upon the plans, specifications, and estimates covering the proposed project, the companies involved or the director may submit the matter of determining the method by which the improvement shall be made, and plans, specifications, and estimates covering...

...sed Code, accompanied by plans, the railroad company or director opposed to the prayer thereof, or directly interested therein, may, within forty days after service of summons, file an answer to such petition and present other plans for the abolition of such crossing. After expiration of such forty days the court shall proceed to a hearing upon the petition and any answers that have been filed, which hearing must be ...

...s. If the director of transportation or railroad company refuses or neglects to comply with the orders or findings made by the court, under this section, the court may enforce its order or finding by mandamus, mandatory injunction, or contempt of court, upon the application of any party to the case.

...ufficient approaches thereto, necessary guardrails, and adequate drainage, shall be part of and chargeable to the improvement. If the improvement replaces a portion of highway which prior to the improvement was unimproved, the surface chargeable to the improvement outside the limits of the right-of-way of the railroad company, the costs of which are to be shared by such company, shall not exceed in cost the costs of ...

...Before the director of transportation may enter into any contract provided for in section 5523.08 of the Revised Code, such contract shall be submitted to and receive the approval of the attorney general as to its form.

...ired to make any alterations in the railroad or tracks, shall be purchased or appropriated, and damages resulting shall be paid or determined by the railroad company involved after the manner provided for the appropriation of private property by such companies. Such company and the director may agree that the land or property may be purchased or appropriated and damages resulting may be settled or determined by the d...

...or, by contract, may agree with any railroad company involved that the director will not settle any claim for compensation, or damages, or both, except with the approval of such company.

...the manner and time of payment by a railroad company of the proportion of the cost of the proposed grade crossing improvement that the company shall pay.

... constructed over the tracks of any railroad company under sections 5523.01 to 5523.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be of such height as not to be less than twenty-one feet in the clear, from the top surface of the rails of the railroad track to the lowest point or projection of such overhead way, crossing, or viaduct, unless such company consents to or the court orders a less height. In no event shall the ...

...of transportation in the abolishment of railway grade crossings and the construction or reconstruction of bridges and viaducts within such municipal corporation, and may pay such portion of the cost of any of such work as is agreed upon between the legislative authority of such municipal corporation and the director of transportation. The legislative authority of any municipal corporation desiring to co-operate as ab...

...onably necessary and expedient, any railroad company or any interurban railway company may, upon the question of such necessity and expediency, take an appeal to the public utilities commission. A party desiring to take an appeal shall file with the director written notice of its intention to do so within thirty days after service upon it of a copy of such finding and order, as provided in section 5523.03 of the Revi...

...ublic way crosses the tracks of any railroad company by a structure carrying the highway over such tracks the responsibility for inspection and the cost of maintenance shall be borne by the state; (B) When the public way passes under the tracks of any such company: (1) The responsiblity for inspection and cost of maintaining the bridge and its abutments shall be borne by such company; (2) When there is more than o...

...tion of the costs to be paid by the railroad company shall be paid in the manner and at the time agreed upon, or, in the absence of agreement, as the director directs.

...nd opened after the construction of the railroad, is in need of widening, reconstruction, or realignment in order to provide for the safety and convenience of the traveling public having occastion to use such road or highway or extension thereof, the director may relocate and reconstruct, widen, reconstruct, or realign the same. The director may take such action and initiate and prosecute such proceedings as provid...

...is parallel, adjacent, or near to a railroad, and the director of transportation deems it necessary to separate the grades of any intersecting highway, road, or street with such highway, extension, or relocation thereof, but which separation of grades should not, in the opinion of the director, be accomplished without eliminating an adjacent grade crossing over the tracks or reconstructing an existing separated cross...

...Before entering into a contract, the director of transportation may advertise for bids for two consecutive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the improvement or part thereof is located, but if there is no such newspaper then in one newspaper having general circulation in an adjacent county. In the alternative, the director may advertise for bids as provided in section 7.16 ...

...or the construction or improvement of a road or highway funded in whole or in part by or through the department of transportation. (C) When the director estimates that more than fifty-one per cent of the dollar amount of work to be performed in a contract is to be performed by one branch of work, the director shall designate the prime contractor for the contract from that one branch of work. This division does not a...

...Sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code shall govern the qualification and classification of all bidders desiring to offer bids for the performance of contracts proposed to be awarded by the director of transportation, and all contracts attempted to be awarded to any person other than a bidder previously qualified in compliance with such sections shall be void, except that bidders submitting bids on environme...

...(A) All prospective bidders other than environmental remediators and specialty contractors for which there are no classes of work provided for in the rules adopted by the director of transportation shall apply for qualification on forms prescribed and furnished by the director. The application shall be accompanied by a certificate of compliance with affirmative action programs issued pursuant to section 9.47 of the R...

...No bidder shall be given a certificate of qualification unless the bidder's financial statement and the investigation made by the director of transportation show that the bidder possesses net current assets or working capital sufficient, in the judgment of the director, to render it probable that the bidder can satisfactorily execute the bidder's contracts and meet all contractual obligations. Any applicant des...

...For the purpose of carrying into effect sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code, and ensuring that the award of all contracts is made to competent and responsible bidders or the lowest and best bidders for environmental remediation and specialty work for which there are no classes of work set out in the rules adopted by the director, subject to and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the dire...

...No successful bidder shall enter into a subcontract with any other person, involving the performance of any part of any work upon which the bidder may be engaged for the department of transportation, unless the subcontractor has been properly qualified for the work sublet to the subcontractor or the subcontractor is eligible for participation without previous qualification under rules adopted by the director of trans...

...The director of transportation shall not authorize or approve any subcontract pursuant to this chapter unless the subcontract is evidenced in writing and is in conformity with all appllicable state and federal laws and regulations.

...All applicants for qualification shall be promptly notified by the director of transportation of the director's final action on their applications. Any applicant, other than one who has been debarred, aggrieved by the decision of the director may file a new application at any time for qualification or, within ten days after receiving notification of such decision, the applicant may request, in writing, a reconsiderat...