98(1)If, for the purpose of making improvements to any public highway, street, lane or other public place, including widening or changing the course of it, it is necessary to take up, remove or change the location of any of the works of the Corporation or of another distribution electric utility or transmitter, the responsible authority proposing to make the improvements to the public place shall notify the Corporation, distribution electric utility or transmitter of its intentions, specifying the necessary alteration or change of location of the works.

98(2)Subject to subsection (3), the costs and expenses incurred in making the alterations or changes referred to in subsection (1) shall be apportioned between the Corporation, distribution electric utility or transmitter, as the case may be, and the local government or other authority making the improvements to the public place in the manner that they may agree on, or in case of disagreement, in the manner determined by the Board.

98(3)If the authority making the improvements to the public place is the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, the New Brunswick Highway Corporation or a project company as defined in the New Brunswick Highway Corporation Act, the costs and expenses incurred in making the alterations or changes referred to in subsection (1) shall be apportioned in accordance with any agreement in effect between that authority and the Corporation, distribution electricity utility or transmitter, as the case may be, or if no agreement is in effect, in the manner determined by the Board.

98(4)If some part or all of any public highway, street, lane or other public place is closed by the Crown or by any local government or other authority, the Corporation or another distribution electric utility or transmitter may leave its works in place and has the same rights with respect to its works as though the public highway, street, lane or other public place or part of it had not been closed.

98(5)If any wires, anchors, crossarms or equipment attached to poles of the Corporation or of another distribution electric utility or transmitter on, under, over, across, or along any public highway, street, lane or other public place project over land adjoining the public highway, street, lane or other public place, the Corporation, distribution electric utility or transmitter, as the case may be, is liable only for actual physical damage, if any, caused by the wires, anchors, crossarms or equipment.

98(1)If, for the purpose of making improvements to any public highway, street, lane or other public place, including widening or changing the course of it, it is necessary to take up, remove or change the location of any of the works of the Corporation or of another distribution electric utility or transmitter, the responsible authority proposing to make the improvements to the public place shall notify the Corporation, distribution electric utility or transmitter of its intentions, specifying the necessary alteration or change of location of the works.

98(2)Subject to subsection (3), the costs and expenses incurred in making the alterations or changes referred to in subsection (1) shall be apportioned between the Corporation, distribution electric utility or transmitter, as the case may be, and the municipality or other authority making the improvements to the public place in the manner that they may agree on, or in case of disagreement, in the manner determined by the Board.

98(3)If the authority making the improvements to the public place is the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, the New Brunswick Highway Corporation or a project company as defined in the New Brunswick Highway Corporation Act, the costs and expenses incurred in making the alterations or changes referred to in subsection (1) shall be apportioned in accordance with any agreement in effect between that authority and the Corporation, distribution electricity utility or transmitter, as the case may be, or if no agreement is in effect, in the manner determined by the Board.

98(4)If some part or all of any public highway, street, lane or other public place is closed by the Crown or by any municipality or other authority, the Corporation or another distribution electric utility or transmitter may leave its works in place and has the same rights with respect to its works as though the public highway, street, lane or other public place or part of it had not been closed.

98(5)If any wires, anchors, crossarms or equipment attached to poles of the Corporation or of another distribution electric utility or transmitter on, under, over, across, or along any public highway, street, lane or other public place project over land adjoining the public highway, street, lane or other public place, the Corporation, distribution electric utility or transmitter, as the case may be, is liable only for actual physical damage, if any, caused by the wires, anchors, crossarms or equipment.