Ohio Code § 3706.18

§ 3706.18.

When the Ohio air quality development authority finds it necessary to change the location

of any portion of any public road, state highway, railroad, or public utility facility

in connection with the construction of an air quality project, it shall cause the

same to be reconstructed at such location as the division of government having jurisdiction

over such road, highway, railroad, or public utility facility finds most favorable.  Such reconstruction shall be of substantially the same type and in as good condition

as the original road, highway, railroad, or public utility facility.  The cost of such reconstruction, relocation, or removal and any damage incurred

in changing the location of any such road, highway, railroad, or public utility facility

shall be paid by the authority as a part of the cost of such air quality project. When the authority finds it necessary that any public highway or portion thereof be

vacated by reason of the acquisition or construction of an air quality project, the

authority may request the director of transportation, in writing, to vacate such highway

or portion thereof in accordance with section 5511.07 of the Revised Code if the highway or portion thereof to be vacated is on the state highway system, or,

if the highway or portion thereof to be vacated is under the jurisdiction of the county

commissioners, the authority shall request the director, in writing, to petition the

county commissioners, in the manner provided in section 5553.041 of the Revised Code , to vacate such highway or portion thereof.  The authority shall pay to the director or to the county, as a part of the cost

of such air quality project, any amounts required to be deposited with any court in

connection with proceedings for the determination of compensation and damages and

all amounts of compensation and damages finally determined to be payable as a result

of such vacation. The authority may make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction,

maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation, and removal of railroad or public utility

facilities in, on, over, or under any air quality project.  Whenever the authority determines that it is necessary that any such facilities

installed or constructed in, on, over, or under property of the authority pursuant

to such regulations be relocated, the public utility owning or operating such facilities

shall relocate or remove them in accordance with the order of the authority.  The cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing

such facilities in a new location, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interests

in lands, and the cost of any other rights, acquired to accomplish such relocation

or removal, may be paid by the authority as a part of the cost of such air quality

project.  In case of any such relocation or removal of facilities, the railroad or public

utility owning or operating them, its successors, or assigns may maintain and operate

such facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location in, on, over,

or under the property of the authority for as long a period and upon the same terms

as it had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former location.