UTILITIES STATE UTILITY ACCOMODATION MANUAL
Requested by: Oregon
Survey Deadline: May 22, 2007
Question:
Oregon DOT is doing a major overhaul of their Utility Accommodation Policy/Laws and
would like to review other DOT Accommodation Policies. It would be appreciated if you
could either email your policies or provide a URL address (web link) to your policy for me
to download.
Thanks,
Matthew C. Caswell, P.E., P.L.S.
State Utility Engineer
Oregon Dept. of Transportation
355 Capitol St NE
Salem, OR 97301-3871
FHWA Utilities Program
The FHWA Utilities Program web page has links to other state web pages:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/programadmin/utility.cfm
Kenneth B. Keel, P.E.
Utilities & CADD Support Supervisor
Wyoming Department of Transportation
5300 Bishop Blvd
Cheyenne, WY 82009
P: 307 777-4133
F: 307 777-3852
kkeel@dot.state.wy.us
MINNESOTA
We just updated our Accommodation Policy in November 2005. The link is
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/utility/files/pdf/appendix-b.pdf
We separated out the wireline on freeways facilities in their own section of the
policy which was completed in November 2006. That section of the policy can be
accessed at
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/utility/files/pdf/policy/wireline-policy.pdf
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Marilyn Remer
Utilities Engineer
Mn/DOT, Office of Technical Support
395 John Ireland Blvd., Mailstop 678
St. Paul, MN 55155-1899
e-mail: marilyn.remer@state.mn.us
Phone: 651-366-4668
Fax: 651-366-4667
PENNSYLVANIA
You can find Pennsylvania’s policy at the following location:
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/bureaus/design/PUB16M/Cover.pdf
Gary C. Fawver, PE
Chief
Utilities and Right of Way Section
gfawver@state.pa.us
NORTH DAKOTA
Here is NDDOT's website for our current policy.
http://www.dot.nd.gov/docs/design/policy-utilities-state-row.pdf
----------------------------------------------------------------------------Wisconsin DOT Utility Accommodation Policy is located at
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/business/rules/property-96.htm
Contact Bob Fasick at 608-266-3438 with any questions.
ARIZONA
www.azdot.gov/highways/utilities/pdf/guide_a.pdf
This manual was initially published in 1998. The last revision was in 2002. Additional
revisions will be appearing soon
Bruce Vana
Eng - Mngr
Utility and Railroad Engineering Section
MAINE
Maine's Accommodation Policy is at
http://www.maine.gov/mdot/utilities/uap.php
Charlie
DELAWARE
http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2007/final/10%20DE%20Reg%201730%200
5-01-07.htm#P9_173
Thanks,
Francis J. (Fran) Hahn, PE, AICP, Utilities Engineer
Delaware Department of Transportation
302-760-2269
WASHINGTON
Since we are near the end of 2 year process to completely revise our Utilities Manual, I
will not be able to share it yet. Our old manual is outdated. Sorry. Maybe I can follow up
in the fall when we expect completion.
Tom Swafford
Utilities, Railroad & Agreements Manager
Washington State Department of Transportation
PO Box 47329
Olympia, WA 98504-7329
360-705-7237
IDAHO
ITD"s Utility Accommodation Policy is Appendix "A" of its Guide for Utility Management.
The Guide for Utility Management is available on the internet at
http://itd.idaho.gov/manuals/manualsonline.htm
This site, which lists all of ITD's manuals; just scroll down the page until you see Guide
for Utility Management.
Robert Linkhart
Idaho Transportation Department
(208)334-8492
WEST VIRGINIA
We are currently overhauling our Utility Accommodations Policy in West Virginia also
due to recent changes in the law for reimbursement passed by our legislature last year.
INDIANA
Here is the Indiana web address for a Chapter in our design manual. The
accommodation policy is in Section 10-3.
http://www.in.gov/dot/div/contracts/standards/dm/english/Part%201/ECh%2010/ch10.ht
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GEORGIA
Georgia:
We’re in the same boat – we hope to have our new manual completed and issued by
January 1, 2008. Other manual is a pdf at our GDOT website, but it is “old”.
Jeff
VIRGINIA
Here is the Utilities Manual used by the Virginia DOT. I have zipped the PDF file of the
manual.
(ATTACHMENT 1)
CALIFORNIA
California Response:
Here is the link to Section 600 of Caltrans Encroachment Permit Manual
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/developserv/permits/pdf/manual/Chapter_6.pdf
(ATTACHMENT 2)
WYOMING
For Wyoming, state law requires WYDOT to provide access per the WYDOT Utility
Accommodation Regulations:
http://dot.state.wy.us/Default.jsp?sCode=homus