{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-370.176","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 370.176","heading":"ACTIONS AFFECTING EXISTING ROADS.","body":"(a) An authority may impose a toll for transit over an existing free road, street, or public highway transferred to the authority under this chapter.\n(b) An authority may construct a grade separation at an intersection of a transportation project with a railroad or highway and change the line or grade of a highway to accommodate the design of the grade separation. The action may not affect a segment of the state highway system without the department's consent. The authority shall pay the cost of a grade separation and any damage incurred in changing a line or grade of a railroad or highway as part of the cost of the transportation project.\n(c) If feasible, an authority shall provide access to properties previously abutting a county road or other public road that is taken for a transportation project and shall pay abutting property owners the expenses or any resulting damages for a denial of access to the road.\n(d) If an authority changes the location of a segment of a county road as part of its development of a transportation project, the authority shall, on the request of the county, reconstruct that segment of the road at a location that the authority determines, in its discretion, restores the utility of the road. The reconstruction and its associated costs are in furtherance of a transportation project.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 21, 2003.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS","CHAPTER 370. REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER E. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.370.htm#370.176","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"f12af929fb335220ce08fdf93c4206f106c2d0c73d805f1b62af710bcb3344f0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-370.175","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-370.177"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}