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• ▼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

Chapter 1: Project Development Overview

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Section 1: Overview

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Right of Way (ROW) Parcel Acquisition Process Flowchart

A downloadable flowchart of the ROW Parcel Acquisition Process is available in PDF format.

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Example and Sample Forms

The names of persons found on the example forms in this manual are fictional. Any resemblance to any person or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Blank ROW Form Templates

All Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) right of way forms mentioned in this manual are accessible to both TxDOT staff and the public. Click on a form number or title wherever a link appears in this manual to open or save it.