§ 31. Municipal construction of railroads. It shall be the duty of\nthe board of transportation to consider the routes, plans and\nspecifications, if any, previously laid out and adopted by them or their\npredecessors, and for which the consents have been obtained referred to\nin section twenty-one of this chapter; and either to proceed with the\nconstruction of such railroad, and provide for the operation thereof, or\nto change and modify such routes, plans or specifications in such\nparticulars as to such board may seem to be desirable, or from time to\ntime and with or without reference to former routes or plans to adopt\nother or different or additional routes, plans and specifications for\nsuch railroad. In all cases in which any such change or modification\nshall be of such character as to require the consents thereto referred\nto in section twenty-one of this chapter and in all cases where other or\ndifferent routes or general plans may have been so adopted, the board of\ntransportation shall proceed to secure the consents required to be\nobtained by section twenty-one of this chapter. Prior to the time of the\nfinal grant of any franchise under the provisions of this chapter or the\nmaking of a contract for construction of any railroad under the\nprovisions of this chapter, the board of transportation shall have power\nto rescind and revoke any resolution of such board or its predecessors\nadopting any routes or general plan for a railroad adopted by such board\nor its predecessors and, in the discretion of such board, in lieu\nthereof to adopt new routes and a general plan. Every such rescindment\nor revocation which shall have been made by such board of transportation\nor its predecessors shall be deemed to have been lawful and authorized\nby the rapid transit act, as the same was in effect on the twenty-third\nday of April, nineteen hundred.\n b. As soon as such consents, where necessary, shall have been obtained\nfor any railroad and the detailed plans and specifications have been\nprepared as provided in section twenty-two of this chapter, such board\nof transportation, for and in behalf of such city, may enter into a\ncontract with any person, which in the opinion of such board shall be\nbest qualified to fulfill and carry out such contract for the\nconstruction of such road, including such sub-surface structures as such\nboard may include in the plans for such road under the authority of\nsection twenty-two of this chapter, upon the routes and in accordance\nwith the plans and specifications so adopted, for such sum of money, to\nbe raised and paid out of the treasury of such city, as provided by this\nchapter, or to be contributed in part or in whole for the construction\nof such road by the contractor having the contract for the equipment and\noperation of such road as a consideration for the making of such\ncontract for equipment and operation as provided by this chapter. Such\ncontract for construction shall contain such terms and conditions, not\ninconsistent with the aforesaid plans and specifications, as such board\nshall determine to be best for the public interests. The sum of money\nto be paid for the construction of such road shall be separately stated\nin the contract from the sum to be paid for any sub-surface structures,\nthe construction of which is provided for in such contract. Such board,\nin any case, may contract for the construction of the whole road, or all\nthe roads provided for by such plans in a single contract, or, by\nseparate contracts, executed from time to time, or at the same time,\nwith one or more such persons, may provide for the construction of a\npart of such road or for the construction at first of two or more tracks\nover a part of such road and afterwards of one or more additional tracks\nover a part of such road as the necessities of such city and the\nincrease of its population or the advantageous and economical\nperformance of the work in the judgment of such board m
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