Section 6: Resource Sharing
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TxDOT can execute an agreement for use of a particular area, rather than execute a lease, if doing so benefits TxDOT. The provisions of such an agreement must be in accordance with 43TAC, Part 1, Sections 25.801- 25.806, and specifically Section 25.803.
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- The agreement
with a telecommunications provider if the provisions of the agreement:
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- benefit TxDOT; Anchor: #XWVNUXJE
- are consistent with TxDOT’s safety, maintenance, operation, and beautification objectives; Anchor: #SXVVQYJJ
- allow TxDOT to maximize revenue; and Anchor: #BXHTGWKM
- advance TxDOT’s efforts to share or develop its own telecommunications program.
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to:
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- place the provider’s telecommunications facilities within the median of a divided State or Federal highway; or Anchor: #RPBVHPKU
- use telecommunications facilities owned or installed by TxDOT in or on the improved portion of a State or Federal highway, including the median, structures, equipment, and conduit.
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form of:
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- payment; Anchor: #GPSQMWRC
- shared use of a telecommunication facility; or Anchor: #USPNYSRO
- equipment, facilities or services.
Anchor: #LVHKQDIT - The agreement will contain the specific
details of each project. This agreement may include, but not be
limited to, requirements concerning:
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- traffic control; Anchor: #JGYFWNQR
- bonds and insurance; Anchor: #QPSVVTIN
- coordination with TxDOT construction projects; Anchor: #WYHFAYXE
- relocations; and Anchor: #BOCJEPNW
- testing, maintenance, and inspection of telecommunication facilities.
Where applicable, any agreement should be cleared with local LPAs, and requires approval by FHWA on Federal-aid highways, per 23CFR 645.113.
The shared use of right of way and telecommunication facilities may benefit TxDOT’s goal to create an “Intelligent Traffic System” (ITS), by which TxDOT can use the telecommunication industry to provide:
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- message boards to keep the public informed of conditions on the roadway ahead; Anchor: #CJFISTKX
- video cameras to monitor roadway conditions and possibly control traffic; Anchor: #NSKLRRCX
- roadside assistance to the public; and Anchor: #AREEXHDV
- toll integration information.