Stop signs at railway crossings
183(1)The following may cause stop signs to be erected at railway crossings:
(a)
local authorities, within their jurisdictions;
(b)
the New Brunswick Highway Corporation, with respect to railway crossings at highways under its administration and control; and
(c)
the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, with respect to railway crossings at all other highways, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, those under the administration and control of a project company.
183(2)No such stop sign shall be erected by a local authority without the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
183(3)The driver of a vehicle that is approaching a railway crossing at which a stop sign has been erected shall stop the vehicle within fifteen metres, but not less than five metres, from the nearest rail of the railway and shall not proceed until it is safe to do so.
1955, c.13, s.166; 1961-62, c.62, s.62; 1977, c.M-11.1, s.17; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.26; 1994, c.31, s.14; 1995, c.N-5.11, s.44; 1997, c.62, s.10; 2006, c.13, s.17; 2010, c.31, s.85