(1) The road authority, at its own expense, shall furnish, renew, and maintain all passive traffic control devices on public streets or highways approaching grade crossings of streets and highways with railroad tracks, including the various advance warning signs, railroad pavement markings, railroad grade crossing signs, number of tracks signs, and other special signs located, designed, and maintained as prescribed by the Michigan manual of uniform traffic control devices. The number of tracks sign shall include a designation "railroad crossing _____ tracks" (insert number of tracks), indicating the actual number of tracks to be crossed. If there is only 1 track in the crossing, the sign stating the number of tracks shall be omitted. These passive traffic control devices shall conform to designs prescribed by the department and shall be subject to revision from time to time as the department considers necessary in the interest of public safety, conforming as closely as possible with generally recognized national standards.

    (2) The department, for the purposes of this act, may install and maintain or arrange for the installation and maintenance of highway street lighting at any grade crossing of a state trunkline highway.