Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any decision of a prior administrative proceeding, any private at-grade rail crossing that has provided highway access, for not less than twenty years to at least two single-family dwellings that do not have direct highway access, may provide such access to not more than three additional single-family dwellings that do not have direct highway access, provided the owners of all properties provided access by such private rail crossing shall be responsible for any rail crossing surface maintenance and repair, removal of any obstruction of view to the portion of the tracks crossing at-grade, including, but not limited to, any tree or shrub removal or trimming, and the maintenance and repair of existing passive rail traffic control measures, including signage.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13b-292a
( P.A. 13-277, S. 63.)