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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5348
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1838
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A RAILROAD CROSSING FOR PEDESTRIANS
AND BICYCLISTS TO CROSS THE HOUSATONIC RAILROAD AT
GRADE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That (1) the Department of Transportation install a railroad crossing 1
for pedestrians and bicyclists, but not persons operating motorized 2
vehicles, to cross the Housatonic Railroad at grade, (2) the cost of such 3
installation and maintenance of the railroad crossing shall be borne by 4
the town of Newtown, and (3) section 52-557 of the general statutes be 5
amended to redefine "recreational purpose" to include using such 6
railroad crossing and redefine "owner" to include the Housatonic 7
Railroad and its successors. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To allow pedestrians and bicyclists to cross the Housatonic Railroad at
grade and include the Housatonic Railroad as owners of land entitled to
immunity under the Recreational Lane Use Act.