This section applies to work begun after its enactment. In order to do the work authorized by Chapter 401, Laws of Maryland 1906, upon streets, avenues, or other highways occupied in part by the tracks of any street railway company, without unnecessary inconvenience or damage to the railway company, and in order to give the railway company a reasonable opportunity to do any part or parts of the work authorized by that Act, so far as the same relates to the space between its tracks, and for 2 feet on each side thereof, which the railway company may be authorized by any law or ordinance to do, the Department of Transportation is directed, before beginning any work under that Act upon any street, avenue, or other highway occupied in part by the tracks of any railway company, to give reasonable notice to the railway company of the Department’s intention to do the work and of the time when it proposes to begin. After the expiration of the time mentioned in the notice, the Department of Transportation:shall proceed to do the work; shall keep an accurate account of the cost of all of the work, the obligation to pay for which is imposed by this section upon the street railway company; and upon the completion of the work, shall make demand upon the railway company for the payment of that cost. In the event of the railway company’s failure or refusal to pay the cost, payment shall be enforced as provided in <cite data-path="|20|§6-7">§ 6-7 of this subtitle</cite>. City Code, 1927, art. 39, §41 1950, art. 29, §32 1966, art. 20, §40 1976/83, art. 20, §33 Ord. 12-153 Ord. 76-143 Ord. 15-435