• ♦Manual Notice 2008-1
• ►1. Introduction
  • ►1. Utility Adjustment Overview
    • ♦Utility Adjustment Flowchart
    • ♦Transition Terms and Acronyms
    • ♦Glossary of Terms
    • ♦Utility Templates
  • ►2. Overview of the TxDOT-Utility Cooperative Management Process
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Distribution of Responsibilities
    • ♦Description of Procedures
    • ♦Parameters
  • ►3. Liaison between TxDOT and Utilities
    • ♦General
    • ♦General Accounting Office Report
  • ►4. Fiscal Responsibility
    • ♦Eligible Utilities
  • ►5. Programming and Authorization
    • ♦General
    • ♦Right of Way Releases for Utility Work
    • ♦Federal Project Authorization and Agreement (FPAA)
    • ♦Utility Reimbursement Policies (Interstate Highways)
    • ♦Utility Reimbursement Policies (US, State (TX), FM, and RM Highways)
• ►2. TxDOT-Utility Cooperative Management Process and Subprocess
  • ►1. TxDOT Utility Cooperative Management Process - “The Process”
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Exchange of Preliminary Information: Annual Meeting - Process Activity I
    • ♦Exchange of Project Specific Information: Initial Project Notification - Process Activity II
    • ♦Exchange of Project Specific Information: Preliminary Design Meeting - Process Activity III
    • ♦Exchange of Project Specific Information: Field Verification - Process Activity IV
    • ♦Design and Utility Construction Phase: Design Conference - Process Activity V
    • ♦Design and Utility Construction Phase: Intermediate Design Meeting(s) - Process Activity VI
    • ♦Design and Utility Construction Phase: Final Design & Initial Construction Coordination Meeting - Process Activity VII
    • ♦Design and Utility Construction Phase: Pre-letting Utility Meeting - Process Activity VIII
    • ♦Construction Phase: Utility Meeting After Award - Process Activity IX
    • ♦Construction Phase: Utility Coordination Meeting During Project Construction - Process Activity X
  • ►2. Right of Way Utility Adjustment Subprocess - “The Subprocess”
    • ♦Flowcharts
    • ♦Early Right of Way Release for Utilities - Right of Way Subprocess Activity I
    • ♦Field Verification - Right of Way Subprocess Activity II
    • ♦Federal Project Authorization and Agreement (FPAA)- Right of Way Subprocess Activity III (a)
    • ♦TxDOT-LPA Right of Way Contracts - Right of Way Subprocess Activity III (b)
    • ♦Right of Way Release - Right of Way Subprocess Activity IV
    • ♦Alternate Procedure Approval from FHWA - Right of Way Subprocess Activity V
    • ♦LPA Agreement to Contribute Funds - Right of Way Subprocess Activity VI
    • ♦Request for Determination of Eligibility - Right of Way Subprocess Activity VII
    • ♦District Approves Utility Consultant Contract - Right of Way Subprocess Activity VIII
    • ♦Prepare Utility Adjustment Assembly for Approval - Right of Way Subprocess Activity IX
    • ♦Perform Utility Adjustment - Right of Way Subprocess Activity XI
    • ♦Determination of Upper Limit - Right of Way Subprocess Activity XII
    • ♦Utility Payment Process - Right of Way Subprocess Activity XIII
  • ►3. Memorandums of Understanding (MOU)
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Instructional Guide for the Utility Memorandum of Understanding
    • ♦MOU-Introduction Section
    • ♦MOU-The TxDOT-Utility Cooperative Management Process Section
    • ♦MOU-Standards for Installation Section
    • ♦MOU-Construction and Financial Considerations Section
    • ♦MOU-Utility Coordination Steering Committee Section
    • ♦MOU-Conclusions and Endorsements Section
• ►3. References for Utility Accommodation
  • ►1. Introduction
    • ♦Legal Requirement Categories
  • ►2. Federal Codes and Regulations
    • ♦United States Code (USC)
    • ♦Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
    • ♦National Electric Code (NEC)
    • ♦National Electrical Safety Code (NESC)
    • ♦Electric Deregulation Act
  • ►3. Texas Codes and Regulations
    • ♦Texas Administrative Code (TAC)
    • ♦Transportation Code
    • ♦Utilities Code
    • ♦Local Government Code
    • ♦Water Code
    • ♦Natural Resources Code
  • ►4. Related Policies and Guidance
    • ♦References
    • ♦Research on Eligibility
• ►4. Preliminary Planning
  • ►1. District Utility Cooperative Process Meetings
    • ♦General
    • ♦Annual Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Meeting
    • ♦Annual Meeting (Process Activity I)
    • ♦Utility Coordination Council Meetings
    • ♦Initial Project Notification Meeting (Process Activity II)
    • ♦Preliminary Design Meeting (Process Actitivity III)
  • ►2. Utility Location Investigations
    • ♦General
  • ►3. Preliminary Utility Adjustment Funding Determinations
    • ♦Federal Utility Procedure (FUP)
    • ♦State Utility Procedure (SUP)
  • ►4. Initial Exchange of Design Data and Criterion
    • ♦General
  • ►5. Requirements for LPA
    • ♦Authority
    • ♦Procedure
• ►5. Utility Considerations During Highway Design
  • ►1. Determination of Utility Impacts
    • ♦Justification
    • ♦Considerations
  • ►2. Coordination
    • ♦Objective
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►3. Utility Engineering Contracts
    • ♦Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
    • ♦Utility Coordination Contracts
  • ►4. Utility Access, Corridors, and Strips
    • ♦Access Rights
    • ♦Utility Corridors
    • ♦Utility Strips
  • ►5. Incorporation of Utilities into the Transportation Project PS&E
    • ♦Procedure
    • ♦Advance Funding Agreements (AFA)
  • ►6. Compliance with the UAR
    • ♦Utility Accommodation Rules (UAR)
  • ►7. Alternate Financial Assistance to the Utility
    • ♦Overview
  • ►8. Intermediate Design Meetings
    • ♦Overview
  • ►9. TxDOT Assistance to the Utility
    • ♦Overview
  • ►10. Utility Design Considerations Related to Reimbursement
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Coating and Wrapping of Utility Lines
    • ♦Cathodic Protection of Utility Lines
    • ♦Additional Thickness of Pipe
    • ♦Spare Conduits or Ducts
    • ♦Taller Poles
    • ♦Joint Occupancy of Poles
    • ♦Utility Facilities in Highway Structures
    • ♦Existing Facilities Remaining in Place
    • ♦New Location Considerations
• ►6. Utility Plans and Specifications
  • ►1. Initial Actions of the Utility
    • ♦Use of Consulting Engineers
    • ♦Replacement of Utility Right of Way
  • ►2. Utility Plan Preparation
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦Plan Requirements
    • ♦Preparation of Utility Specifications and Proposals
  • ►3. Use of Contractors on Utility Work
    • ♦Establishing Need for a Contractor’s Services
    • ♦Utility Work in the Highway Contract
• ►7. Utility Cost Estimates
  • ►1. General Requirements
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. Estimate Categories
    • ♦Categories
    • ♦Materials and Supplies
    • ♦Labor
    • ♦Overhead
    • ♦Transportation and Equipment
    • ♦Right of Way
    • ♦Traffic Controls
    • ♦Salvage, Abandoned Facilities, and Removal of Materials
    • ♦Credits
    • ♦Betterments
    • ♦Procedures for Computing Elective Betterment Credit
  • ►3. Contract Work and Consultants
    • ♦Contract Work
• ►8. Procedures for Utility Adjustments
  • ►1. Adjustments
    • ♦Eligible Adjustments
    • ♦Partially Eligible Adjustments
  • ►2. Utility Property Ownership
    • ♦Public Utility Easement (PUE) Reimbursement Considerations
    • ♦Acquisition of Right of Way from a Utility Property Owner
    • ♦Compensation Considerations
    • ♦Eligibility Ratio
    • ♦Calculating the Eligibility Ratio at Railroads
    • ♦For State and LPA
  • ►3. Right of Way Costs
    • ♦Preliminary Requirements
    • ♦Utilities Presently Located on Interstate Right of Way
    • ♦Utilities Presently Located on Private Right of Way
    • ♦Utilities Presently Located On Both Public and Private Right of Way
    • ♦Utilities as a Real Estate Acquisition
  • ►4. Emergency Adjustment
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►5. Four Major Procedures for Utility Adjustment
    • ♦Procedures
  • ►6. State Utility Procedure
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Project Category
    • ♦Utility Agreements
  • ►7. Federal Utility Procedure
    • ♦Interstate with Federal Funds in Right of Way
    • ♦Characteristics
    • ♦Benefits
  • ►8. Local Utility Procedure
    • ♦General
    • ♦Acquisition of Replacement Right of Way
    • ♦Utility Accommodation
    • ♦Participation in Costs of Adjustments
    • ♦Eligibility of Utility Adjustments
    • ♦Utility Agreements
  • ►9. Non-Reimbursable Utility Adjustment Procedure
    • ♦General
    • ♦Initial Actions
    • ♦Joint Use Agreements
  • ►10. Federal-aid Participation
    • ♦General
    • ♦For State
    • ♦For LPA
• ►9. Forms and Agreements
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Comparison
    • ♦Actual Cost Agreements
    • ♦Lump Sum Agreements
    • ♦Advance Funding Agreements (AFAs)
  • ►2. District Approval of Utility Agreements
    • ♦Authority
    • ♦Prerequisites
    • ♦Monetary Cap
    • ♦Date of Eligibility - DELETED
    • ♦TxDOT Utility Accommodation Rules (UAR) Compliance
    • ♦Betterment
    • ♦Accrued Depreciation
    • ♦Lump Sum Agreements
    • ♦ROW Division Approval
  • ►3. Affidavits
    • ♦Overview
  • ►4. Agreement Assemblies
    • ♦Requirements for Submission
  • ►5. Prepare and Submit the Agreement Assembly
    • ♦General
    • ♦Statement of Work
    • ♦Methods of Cost Accumulation
    • ♦Execution by Authorized Representative
    • ♦Distribution of Assemblies
    • ♦District Letter of Authority
  • ►6. Utility Joint Use Acknowledgements
    • ♦Acquisition
    • ♦Authority
    • ♦ Utility Joint Use Acknowledgements
    • ♦Utility Joint Use Acknowledgement Checklist
    • ♦Revisions to Forms
• ►10. Performing the Utility Adjustment
  • ►1. Utility Pre-Construction Activities
    • ♦General
    • ♦Pre-letting Utility Meeting (Process Activity VIII)
    • ♦Utility Meeting After Award (Process Activity IX)
    • ♦Notification of Starting Date
  • ►2. Inspection Activities
    • ♦Maintaining Utility Construction Records
    • ♦Project Documentation
    • ♦Safety Precautions
    • ♦Required Inspection of the Work
    • ♦Changes in Approved Work
    • ♦Inspection of Recovered Materials
  • ►3. Abandoned Interests
    • ♦For State
    • ♦For LPA
    • ♦Acquisition of Utility-Owned Interests or Properties
  • ►4. Utility Installation Inspection
    • ♦General
• ►11. Billing and Payments
  • ►1. Invoicing and Payment Procedures
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦The “Prompt Payment Law”
    • ♦Participant Responsibilities in Billing/Payment Process
    • ♦Use of Form ROW-A-15, Payment Request
    • ♦Other Items Relevant to Billing Preparation
    • ♦Billing Assembly Checklist
  • ►2. Partial Payments
    • ♦For State and LPA
    • ♦For State
    • ♦For LPA
    • ♦Supporting Documentation Required for Partial Payment Requests
  • ►3. Final Billings
    • ♦For State and LPA
    • ♦For LPA
  • ►4. Reimbursement When LPA is Responsible Party
    • ♦Reimbursement Based on Actual Cost
    • ♦LPA Procedures for Determining Eligibility of Adjustments
    • ♦Reimbursement Based On Lump Sum Values
  • ►5. Payments and Final Audit
    • ♦Before Final Audit
    • ♦Final Review
    • ♦Audits
    • ♦After Final Audit
    • ♦Records of Cost
  • ►6. Utility Considerations in Right of Way Project Closeout
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦District Responsibilities
    • ♦Division Responsibilities
• ►12. Unique Conditions and Special Cases
  • ►1. Fiber Optic Telecommunications
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Policy
  • ►2. Cellular Towers
    • ♦Policy
  • ►3. Transmission Towers
    • ♦Policy
  • ►4. Restoration of Service
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦Backflow Prevention Assemblies
  • ►5. Leasing
    • ♦Policy
  • ►6. Resource Sharing
    • ♦Policy
  • ►7. Economically Disadvantaged/Insolvent Utilities
    • ♦Policy
  • ►8. Disposition of Existing Abandoned or Idled Utility Facilities
    • ♦Abandoned or Idled Pipelines
    • ♦Existing Facilities Abandoned in Place
  • ►9. Unknown Utility Ownership
    • ♦Policy
  • ►10. Water Control Facilities (Canals)
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Water Control Facilities Crossing the Highway
    • ♦Parallel Water Control Facilities
    • ♦Publicly-Owned Water Control Facilities (for State)
    • ♦Publicly-Owned Water Control Facilities (for LPA)
    • ♦Privately-Owned Water Control Facilities (for State )
    • ♦Privately-Owned Water Control Facilities (for LPA)
  • ►11. New Utility Installations in Existing Right of Way
    • ♦New Locations Beyond the Limits of TxDOT Right of Way Projects
    • ♦New Locations Within the Limits TxDOT Right of Way Projects
  • ►12. Railroads
    • ♦Requirements
    • ♦Railroad Agreements
  • ►13. Hazardous Materials
    • ♦Safety Precautions
    • ♦One Call Requirements
    • ♦Monitor Wells
    • ♦Geophysical Exploration on Highway Right of Way
    • ♦Contaminated Sites
  • ►14. Exclusive Development Agreements
    • ♦Overview
• ►A. Reimbursement Guidelines and Billing Procedures for Utility Adjustments
  • ►1. Introduction
    • ♦General
  • ►2. General Requirements
    • ♦Guidelines
  • ►3. Final Billings
    • ♦Guidelines
  • ►4. Labor Charges
    • ♦Guidelines
  • ►5. Charges for Materials and Supplies
    • ♦Guidelines
  • ►6. Transportation and Equipment Charges
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Rental
    • ♦Small Tools
  • ►7. Engineering Charges
    • ♦Guidelines
  • ►8. Right of Way Charges
    • ♦Guidelines
    • ♦Definition
  • ►9. Overhead Charges
    • ♦Guidelines
  • ♦10. Removal or Replacement Charges of Buildings or Similar Structures
  • ►11. Betterments and Betterment Credit
    • ♦General
    • ♦Betterments Necessitated by Highway Construction
    • ♦Betterments Elected by the Utility Company
  • ►12. Federal Rulings
    • ♦Guidelines
    • ♦Coating and Wrapping
    • ♦Additional Thickness of Pipe
    • ♦Spare Conduits or Ducts
    • ♦Taller Poles
    • ♦Joint Occupancy of Poles
  • ►13. Accrued Depreciation
    • ♦Formula
  • ►14. Partially Eligible Adjustments
    • ♦General
    • ♦Appropriate Order of Credits
  • ♦15. Consulting Engineer Fees
  • ♦16. Special Considerations

ROW Utility Manual

August 2008

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