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 PUBLIC LAW 101-565 —NOV. 15, 1990 104 STAT. 2791 of court on the subject of condemnation under which the Authority may proceed by virtue of this Article. "If the established grade of any street, avenue, highway, or other route shall be changed by reason of the construction by the Authority of any work so as to cause loss or injury to any property abutting on such street, avenue, highway, or other route, the Authority may enter into voluntary agreements with such abutting property owners and pay regisonable compensation for any loss or injury so sustained, whether or not it be compensable as damages under the condemnation law of the State. "The power of the Authority to acquire property by condemnation shall be a continuing power, and no exercise thereof shall be deemed to exhaust it. " ARTICLE X "REVENUE AND APPLICATION "The Authority is hereby authorized to establish, levy, and collect such tolls and other charges as it may deem necessary, proper, or desirable in connection with any crossing, transportation, or terminal facility, commerce facility or development or other project which it is or may be authorized at any time to construct, own, operate, or control, and the aggregate of said tolls and charges shall be at least sufficient (1) to meet the combined expenses of operation, maintenance and improvement thereof, (2) to pay the cost of acquisition or construction, including the pa3niient, amortization, and retirement of bonds or other securities or obligations assumed, issued, or incurred by the Authority, together with interest thereon, and (3) to provide reserves for such purposes; and the Authority is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to prior pledges, if any, to pledge such tolls and other revenues or any part thereof as security for the repayment with interest of any moneys borrowed by it or advanced to it for its authorized purposes and as security for the satisfaction of any other obligations assumed by it in connection with such loans or advances. There shall be allocated to the cost of the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, and improvement of such facilities and projects such proportion of the general expenses of the Authority as it shall deem properly chargeable thereto. " ARTICLE XI "COVENANT WITH BONDHOLDERS "The two said States covenant and agree with each other and with the holders of any bonds or other securities or obligations of the Authority, assumed, issued, or incurred by it and as security for which there may be pledged the tolls and revenues or any part thereof of any crossing, transportation, or terminal facility, commerce facility or development or other project, that the two said States will not, so long as any of such bonds or other obligations remain outstanding and unpaid, diminish, or impair the power of the Authority to establish, levy, and collect tolls and other charges in connection therewith, and that neither of the two said States will, so long as any of such bonds or other obligations remain outstanding and unpaid, authorize any crossing of the Delaware River or Delaware Bay south of the line mentioned in Article IV(a) of this Compact by any person or body other than the Authority, unless, in

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