City of Craig v. Public Utilities Commission

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

The City of Craig (Craig) appeals from an order of the Moffat County district court affirming the closure of two railroad crossings by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Because the actions of the PUC were an appropriate exercise of the PUC’s police power under the Constitution and *1310statutes, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

The defendant Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, Inc. (Rio Grande) operates a railroad line within the City of Craig. The railroad tracks run along one side of an industrial area in the southern portion of the city known as…