• ♦Manual Notice 2020-1
• ►1. Project Development Overview
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Right of Way (ROW) Parcel Acquisition Process Flowchart
    • ♦Example and Sample Forms
    • ♦Blank ROW Form Templates
  • ►2. General ROW Project Development
    • ♦Funding
    • ♦Obtaining Relocation Funding for State Projects and Local Government Acquisitions with State Reimbursement
    • ♦Local Government Project Set Up and Funding
    • ♦State Program Authorization
    • ♦Statutory Authority For ROW Acquisition
  • ►3. Planning and Sequence of Project Development
    • ♦Actions Preliminary to the ROW Acquisition Process
    • ♦Sequence of ROW Project Development
    • ♦Overview of Project Development Meetings
    • ♦Contractual Agreements with Local Governments
• ►2. Contractual Agreements
  • ►1. Forms
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. The Acquiring Agency
    • ♦Procedure
  • ♦3. Cost Participation
  • ♦4. Payment Procedures
  • ♦5. Collection of Debt
• ►3. Acquisition Coordination
  • ►1. TxDOT - The Acquiring Agency
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Contractual Agreements
    • ♦Amendments to Contractual Agreements
    • ♦Submission of Contractual Agreements
  • ►2. Acquisition Procedures for Economically Disadvantaged Counties
    • ♦Overview
• ►4. Surveying, Maps, and Parcels
  • ►1. Surveying for ROW Acquisition
    • ♦Necessity for Correct Property Descriptions
    • ♦Surveying for ROW Acquisition
    • ♦Texas Coordinate System of 1983
    • ♦Elimination of the Requirement for a Traditional Right of Way Map
    • ♦Definition of Right of Way (ROW) Mapping
  • ►2. ROW Mapping for On-System Projects (For State and Local Government)
    • ♦General Requirements
    • ♦Simultaneous ROW Mapping and Schematic Development
    • ♦ROW Parcel Numbering
    • ♦Project Information
  • ►3. Property Descriptions
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Certification
    • ♦Monuments
    • ♦Public Roads and Alleys
  • ►4. Submission and Approval of ROW Mapping
    • ♦Original Submission to Division
    • ♦Requirements for Right of Way Mapping Deliverables
  • ►5. Requirements for Final ROW Maps
    • ♦Overview for Traditional ROW Maps
  • ►6. ROW Mapping for Off-System Projects
    • ♦Overview
  • ►7. Requirements for Submission of Graphics Files for On-System Projects
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦MicroStation
    • ♦MicroStation Level Library Files
    • ♦DGN File Properties and Naming Convention of the Parcel Plat Pages
    • ♦Naming Convention of the Master ROW Files (MRF) in DGN Format
    • ♦File Structure of Master and Reference DGNs
    • ♦Line Weights, Line Styles, Colors, Text Size, Text Fonts, Scale, and Annotations
    • ♦Text and Line Colors when Using Color Digital Orthos in the Background
    • ♦Required Data in the Geopak ROW GPK File
    • ♦Surface Coordinates
  • ►8. Requirements for Submission of ArcGIS Files
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦ROW Geodatabase Template
    • ♦Coordinate System of Template
    • ♦Geodatabase Features and Attributes
    • ♦Rename Geodatabase Template to ROW CSJ Prior to Submission
    • ♦Conversion of Survey Data to ArcGIS and Template Format
    • ♦Requirements for ArcGIS Deliverables

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Manual Notice: 2020-1

From: Kyle Madsen, Right of Way Division Director

Manual: ROW Preliminary Procedures for the Authority to Proceed Manual

Effective Date: June 29, 2020

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Purpose

This revision provides updates related to the Right of Way Geodatabase Template and TxDOTCONNECT implementation.

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Changes

Chapter 4, Surveying, Maps, and Parcels

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Contact

Kyle Madsen, Right of Way Division Director, 512.416.2883

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Archives

Past manual notices are available in a pdf archive.