Such railroad corporation may take such additional lands for the purposes mentioned in sections 3543-3545 of this title as the Transportation Board judges necessary. Unless the lands so taken are purchased or given, compensation therefor shall be determined by the Transportation Board, as in other cases, and made by the railroad corporation to the owners and persons interested in the lands. When compensation is made, the same shall become part of such highway, and may be held for highway purposes, and such landowners and such railroad corporation shall have the same right of appeal as in other cases of land damages. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 51.)