32 P.S. § 5619 Coordination With Department of Transportation

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 32 P.S. § 5619

(a) Method of coordination.--The Department of Transportation and the Department of Environmental Resources shall coordinate their evaluations of potential acquisitions and acquisition priorities with respect to available railroad rights-of-way in order to avoid competing for the same corridors. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Environmental Resources shall enter into a memorandum of understanding which shall contain a method by which the coordination of evaluations and acquisition priorities is to be accomplished.

(b) Interim lease of rights-of-way.--Should the Department of Transportation acquire or lease available rights-of-way for future transportation purposes, it shall lease or sublease such rights-of-way to a public agency or private organization for interim public recreational trail use if:

(1) The public agency or private organization has requested the right-of-way for interim public recreational trails use.

(2) The public agency or private organization agrees in writing to assume all liability and management responsibilities as prescribed by the Department of Transportation to the extent authorized by law.