Strategies for Improving the Project Agreement Process between Highway Agencies and Railroads (2010) / Chapter Skim
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Types of Projects and Types of Agreements
Types of Projects and Types of Agreements
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The types of projects that the public agencies need to conduct tend to fall generally into the following categories: • Improving at-grade crossings, such as resurfacing the approaches; • Installing automatic flashing lights and gates or other safety improvements at at-grade crossings; • Building longitudinal encroachments when parallel highways are improved and other projects, such as drainage ditches and structures, that interact with adjacent railway property; • Constructing new overhead or under-grade structures when at-grade crossings are improved with grade separations; • Reconstructing or rebuilding an existing grade separation either overhead or under-grade where additional highway capacity is needed;
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Public agencies turn over staff regularly through administrative changes. Localgovernments may interact with the railroads only sporadically because the local governments have fewer projects than do state DOTs.
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