(1) Proceedings to carry out ORS § 824.204, 824.206, 824.210 to 824.218, 824.224, 824.226 to 824.230, 824.238, 824.240 and 824.256, including the right to review any order of the Department of Transportation, shall be those specified in ORS Chapter 183 for contested cases. If the final order of the department, in a proceeding initiated under ORS § 824.206 or 824.226 by a city or county, is appealed and the city or county prevails, it shall be entitled to costs and reasonable attorney fees.

(2) The department may adopt rules to govern the procedure, and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations under ORS § 824.204, 824.206, 824.210 to 824.218, 824.224, 824.226 to 824.230, 824.238, 824.240 and 824.256.

(3) The authority granted the department by ORS § 824.200 to 824.256 is in addition to and not in lieu of the authority of any city, county or other political subdivision of the state to use other remedies and procedures to provide public highways for the traveling public. [Formerly 763.080; 1997 c.249 § 252; 1997 c.275 § 18]