Section 3582 - Acquisition of property(a) For the effectuation of any of its purposes, authorized by this act, the Authority is hereby granted, in addition to and in support of any other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to it, power and authority to acquire in its name by purchase or otherwise, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it may deem proper, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any land and other property which it may determine is reasonably necessary for the new toll bridge referred to in this act or for the construction of such approaches thereto or highway connections as the Authority shall deem necessary, and any and all rights, title and interest in such land and other property, including public lands, parks, playgrounds, reservations, highways, or parkways, owned by or in which any county, city, borough, town, township, village, or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or State of New Jersey has any right, title or interest, or parts thereof or rights therein and any fee simple absolute or any lesser interest in private property, and any fee simple absolute in easements upon, or the benefit of restrictions upon, abutting property to preserve and protect such bridge, the approaches thereto or highway connections. Upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain under this act, the compensation to be paid with regard to property located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be ascertained and paid as provided by the act of July nine, one thousand nine hundred nineteen (Pamphlet Laws 814) and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto insofar as the provisions thereof are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of the Compact and of this act, and upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the compensation to be paid with regard to property located in the State of New Jersey shall be ascertained and paid in the manner provided in chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey insofar as the provisions thereof are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of the Compact and of this act. The Authority may join, in separate subdivisions in one petition or complaint, the descriptions of any number of tracts or parcels of land or property to be condemned and the names of any number of owners and other parties who may have an interest therein and all such land or property included in said petition or complaint may be condemned in a single proceeding: Provided, however, That separate awards shall be made for each tract or parcel of land or property: And provided further, That each of said tracts or parcels of land or property lies wholly in or has a substantial part of its value lying wholly within the same county.(b) Whenever the Authority acquires under this section 2 the whole or any part of the right of way of a public utility located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Authority shall at its own expense, provide a substitute right of way on another and favorable location. Such public utility shall thereupon provide for the transfer to or reconstruction upon, in, under or above said substitute right of way of any structures and facilities of said public utility located upon, in, under or above said original right of way at the time the same is so acquired. The Authority is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with such public utility to contribute toward the expense of such transfer or reconstruction, and in the event that they are unable to agree on the amount to be paid, the matter shall be referred to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, which shall, after hearing thereon, make a finding of the amount to be paid to such public utility by the Authority. In case of failure of such public utility, within a reasonable time after notice so to do, to remove its facilities to such substitute right of way, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission shall have jurisdiction, on petition of the Authority, to order such transfer or reconstruction. Any party to such proceedings shall have the right of appeal from the ruling of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. The Authority is hereby authorized to acquire, by purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any necessary land or right of way for the relocation of any such public utility right of way and facilities. The substitute right of way thus acquired shall be equal in estate to the original right of way acquired from the public utility and the Authority shall deliver to the public utility a deed, duly executed and acknowledged, conveying to it an estate in the substitute right of way, at least equal to that owned by the public utility in the original right of way, or if such substitute right of way is to be acquired by purchase, the Authority shall procure and deliver to the public utility a deed conveying such estate to it from the owner of the land on which such substitute right of way is located. This subsection (b) shall have no application to the relocation of public utility facilities located in the beds of public streets, roads or highways.1955, Dec. 13, P.L. 830, § 2. Amended 1963, Aug. 24, P.L. 1206, § 1.