The general assembly hereby declares that any private railroad crossing found by the commission after a hearing to be dangerous or a hazard to the public or to those using trains is a public nuisance, and the commission may order the railroad to barricade the crossing as a matter of public safety.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-8-1.4
Barricading of crossings
P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 10.
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