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Manual Notice
| Project Development Process Manual |
TxDOT Manual System
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Manual Notice 2008-1
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Preface
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1.
Planning and Programming
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1.
Needs Identification
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Overview
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1000: Identify project need and scope
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1010: Perform site visit
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2.
Project Authorization
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Overview
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1200: Prepare cost estimate
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1230: Obtain approval of PLAN authority
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1235: Obtain project specific minute order, if required
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3.
Compliance with Planning Requirements
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Overview
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1300: Evaluate compliance with planning documents
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1310: Identify and review related studies
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1320: Obtain input from local entities and others
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1340: Coordinate with Metropolitan Planning Organization
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4.
Study Requirements Determination
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Overview
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1400: Review scope, cost, and staff requirements of project development
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1410: Determine need for feasibility (route/corridor) study
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1420: Determine if Statewide Implementation Plan requirements apply
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1430: Obtain traffic data
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1440: Determine need for Major Investment Study
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1450: Identify multimodal alternatives and intermodal connections
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1460: Determine conformity with Congestion Management Process requirements
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1480: Evaluate inclusion of High Occupancy Vehicle/High Occupancy Toll lanes
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1490: Evaluate inclusion of tollways
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1500: Evaluate railroad corridor preservation
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5.
Construction Funding Identification
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Overview
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1600: Identify potential design/construction funding
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1610: Prepare and execute advance funding agreements
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1620: Obtain DEVELOP authority
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1630: Obtain CONSTRUCT authority
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1640: Place project in Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
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1650: Develop Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
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1670: Place project in one-year letting schedule
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2.
Preliminary Design
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1.
Design Concept Conference
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Overview
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2000: Conduct Design Concept Conference
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2.
Data Collection/Preliminary Design Preparation
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Overview
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2110: Conduct early coordination with stakeholders
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2120: Prepare and execute additional agreements
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2140: Review traffic data
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2150: Obtain right of entry
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2160: Obtain related data, plans, studies and reports
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2180: Obtain information on existing utilities
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2190: Obtain traffic crash data
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2200: Obtain hydraulic studies
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2220: Obtain aerial photography/ planimetrics/ DTMs/ digital orthophotography
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2230: Perform topographic surveys
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2240: Perform other surveys
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3.
Public Meeting(s)
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Overview
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2260: Conduct public meeting
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2270: Revise design based on public input
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4.
Preliminary Schematic
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Overview
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Alternative Selection
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Geometrics
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Update cost estimates
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2300: Evaluate corridor alternatives
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2310: Perform preliminary Level of Service analysis
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2320: Evaluate route alternatives
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2330: Initiate railroad coordination
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2340: Identify requirements for crossing navigable waters
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2350: Evaluate geometric alternatives
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2360: Develop typical sections
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2370: Prepare Assessment of Landscape and Aesthetic Issues
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2380: Develop bicyclist/pedestrian accommodation concept
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2460: Update cost estimates
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5.
Geometric Schematic
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Overview
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2500: Develop preferred geometric alignment
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2505: Perform preliminary geotechnical surveys
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2510: Prepare pavement design report
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2520: Refine typical sections
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2530: Consider impacts on historic structures
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2540: Perform detailed Level of Service analysis
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2550: Determine guide signing and operational controls
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2560: Submit requests for new or revised access points to interstate highways
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2570: Perform preliminary planning for weigh stations
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2580: Perform preliminary planning for bridges
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2590: Establish preliminary retaining and/or noise wall locations
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2610: Perform hydrologic study
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2620: Perform preliminary hydraulic analysis/design
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2630: Determine right of way and access needs
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2640: Identify existing utilities on geometric schematic
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2650: Identify potential utility conflicts
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2660: Establish preliminary illumination locations
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2670: Conduct constructability review
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2690: Update project scope
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6.
Value Engineering
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Overview
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2700: Conduct Value Engineering (VE) study
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2710: Revise design based on Value Engineering Study findings
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7.
Geometric Schematic Approval
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Overview
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2850: Circulate geometric schematic for district review
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2860: Review geometric schematic with stakeholders
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2870: Submit design exceptions/waivers for approval
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2880: Obtain approval of geometric schematic before public hearing
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2890: Revise geometric schematic based on input from public hearing
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2920: Obtain approval of final geometric schematic
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3.
Environmental
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1.
Preliminary Environmental Issues
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Overview
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3010: Determine public involvement needs
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3015: Develop and implement scoping process
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3020: Conduct meeting with affected property owners
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3030: Collect environmental data
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3050: Identify potential Section 4(f) & Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) Chapter 26 properties
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3080: Evaluate impacts on waterways and floodplains
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2.
Interagency Coordination/Permits
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Overview
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3100: Perform early coordination with review/resource agencies
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3110: Determine environmental permit requirements
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3.
Environmental Documentation
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Overview
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3210: Determine type of environmental document to prepare
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3240: Prepare “Purpose and Need” statement
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3250: Conduct natural resources study
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3260: Conduct cultural resources study
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3270: Prepare Section 4(f) evaluation
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3280: Perform hazardous materials assessment and investigation
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3300: Prepare socioeconomic/environmental justice analysis
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3310: Determine right of way relocation impacts
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3315: Analyze existing environment
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3330: Conduct noise analysis
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3340: Conduct air quality analysis
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3345: Determine project’s environmental consequences
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3350: Prepare landscape recommendations
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3360: Prepare description of project alternatives
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3370: Prepare exhibits for environmental documentation
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3375: Stake areas of potential impact
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3390: Prepare environmental mitigation plans
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3420: Process draft environmental document
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4.
Public Hearing
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Overview
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3500: Conduct public hearing
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3520: Respond to public hearing comments
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5.
Environmental Clearance
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Overview
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3600: Obtain environmental clearance
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4.
Right of Way Utilities
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Right of Way and Utility Data Collection
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Overview
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4000: Perform preliminary right of way research
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4200: Locate existing utilities
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Information on Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
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2.
Right of Way Map and Property Descriptions
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Overview
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4300: Prepare right of way map and property descriptions
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3.
Right of Way Appraisals and Acquisition
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Overview
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4400: Obtain contractual agreements with local public agencies
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4410: Perform advance acquisition for qualified parcels
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4415: Obtain authority for right of way project release
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4420: Identify impediments to parcel acquisition
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4425: Prepare and execute joint-use/multiple-use agreements
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4430: Appraise parcels
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4470: Implement right of way acquisition process
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4480: Implement relocation assistance program
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4490: Dispose of improvements
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4500: Prepare right of way and encroachment certifications
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4.
Utility Adjustments
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Overview
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4610: Coordinate utility adjustment plans
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4620: Prepare and execute utility adjustment agreements
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4630: Utility owners adjust facilities
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4640: Prepare utility clearance certifications
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4650: Reimburse utility owners for eligible adjustment costs
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5.
PS&E Development
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Design Conference
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Overview
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5010: Obtain additional or updated data
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5020: Conduct Design Conference
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2.
Begin Detailed Design
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Overview
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5040: Plan sequence of construction
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5050: Develop conceptual detour/road closure plan
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5080: Obtain miscellaneous permits
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5100: Design environmental mitigation details
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5110: Develop Environmental Permits, Issues and Commitments (EPIC) sheet
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5120: Review data collection needs
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5140: Refine hydrologic study
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5150: Prepare stream crossing hydraulics
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5160: Prepare hydraulic report
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3.
Final Alignments/Profiles
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Overview
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5200: Design final vertical and horizontal alignments
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4.
Roadway Design
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Overview
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5240: Prepare cross sections and compute earthwork
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5250: Review right of way requirements
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5280: Design landscape/aesthetic plans
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5290: Develop plan and profile sheets
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5300: Design bicyclist and pedestrian facilities
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5330: Design miscellaneous details
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5335. Review project for design exceptions/waivers
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5340: Prepare hazardous material remediation plan
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5360: Develop Exhibit A for railroad agreement
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5.
Operational Design
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Overview
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5380: Design illumination
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5400: Design Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
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5420: Design signalization plan
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5440: Design signing and pavement markings
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6.
Bridge Design
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Overview
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5460: Perform final geotechnical surveys
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5480: Prepare preliminary bridge layouts
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5500: Prepare bridge details
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5510: District reviews bridge plans
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5515: Submit Exhibit B to railroad company
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7.
Drainage Design
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Overview
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5540: Perform hydraulic design for culverts and storm drains
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5560: Perform hydraulic design for pump station(s)
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5570: Prepare culvert and storm drain details
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5590: Prepare pump station details
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5600: Design Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
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8.
Retaining/Noise Walls & Miscellaneous Structures
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Overview
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5640: Prepare retaining and/or noise wall layouts
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5680: Prepare retaining and/or noise wall plans and details
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5700: Prepare plans for miscellaneous structures
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9.
Traffic Control Plan
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Overview
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5720: Finalize sequence of construction
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5730: Design detour roadways
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5740: Obtain approval of road closure/detour plans
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5760: Prepare details for temporary signing, striping, and pavement marking
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5780: Develop contract requirements
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5790: Review traffic control plan
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10.
PS&E Assembly/Design Review
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Overview
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5810: Conduct environmental re-evaluation
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5830: Prepare PS&E package
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5840: Conduct district PS&E review
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5850: Assemble project plans
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5855: District conducts final agreement/permit review
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5860: Collect outside, additional funding based on advance funding agreements
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5900: District performs final review of PS&E
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5910: Submit PS&E to Design Division
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5915: Obtain approval for program overruns
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6.
Letting
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Final Processing and Letting
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Overview
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6000: Perform financial clearance analysis
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6010: Prepare and review draft proposal
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6030: Obtain funding and approval of PS&E
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6100: Release final proposal
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6130: Advertise request for bids
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6133: Provide earthwork construction cross section data to contractors (if requested)
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6135: Amend issued proposal document
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6140: Conduct pre-bid conference
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6150: Conduct bid opening
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6200: Tabulate and review bids
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6210: Award contract
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6230: Notify the public in advance of construction
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6240: Store and retain project records
Project Development Process Manual
May 2008
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