KRS 177.130: Hearing -- Order -- Plans, specifications, and estimates of cost.

If the department finds that a crossing proposed for vacation should be replaced with

another grade crossing or a grade separation, it shall give at least ten (10) days' notice by

certified mail, return receipt requested, to the railroad company and to the chief executive

officer of the affected unit of local government of a public hearing to be held at a time

and place stated in the notice. At the public hearing, the department shall consider

whether or not the proposed grade separation or substitute cross ing is reasonably

necessary and the most advantageous method of enhancing the public convenience and

necessity. If the department finds that the grade separation or substitute crossing is

reasonably necessary, it shall make an order to that effect and furn ish a copy thereof by

certified mail, return receipt requested, to the railroad company and to the chief executive

officer of the affected unit of local government. The order shall specify the location of the

crossing to be substituted and whether it shall pass over or under the railroad tracks or

intersect them at grade, the width of the crossing, and the angle at which the crossing

shall meet and converge into the roadbed on either side of the railroad tracks. The order

may direct the railroad company to prepare plans, specifications, and estimates of cost for

the grade separation or substitute crossing in accordance with the general plan prescribed

by the order. The order may provide that the plans, specifications, and estimates of cost

shall be prepared by the department.