Development of a Guide for Accommodating Utilities within Highways and Freeways (2023) / Chapter Skim
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23 CHAPTER 4 -- STAKEHOLDER PEER EXCHANGE This chapter summarizes the research team's efforts to plan and conduct the virtual peer exchange, and the outcomes of that effort. The purpose of the peer exchange was to discuss proposed update priorities and form a consensus on the structure and content of the new guide.
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24 The research team conducted a follow-up survey of peer exchange participants. The research team asked about participants' satisfaction with presentations, the web conference platform, breakout discussions, opportunities to contribute, and overall satisfaction with the peer exchange.
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25 would focus on conditions of accommodations, compensation terms, emerging technologies, requirements for relocations, and other requirements. The new guide should be a guide and not a mandate since states will write their own applicable laws and may use the guide as a whole or in part.
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26 Chapter 1, based on FHWA's 2013 Highway Functional Classification Concepts, Criteria and Procedures (71)
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27 Section 2.4, Location • Review whether the reference to "urban streets" is still valid and needed. • In the third paragraph, is the term "resolved" the correct word?
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28 • Some states legally define what an as-built is. The section should take note of that and clearly define the correct term.
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29 have guidelines in this document on how to proceed. Other participants argued the new guide should only provide general information in this area and should reference related FHWA guidance instead.
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30 highways the standard policy. Policies for other types of highways are considered exceptions to the standard policy.
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31 Chapter 5, Utility Accommodation on Multi-Access Right-of-Way (Partially Controlled Access) Chapter 5 is a new chapter that at the time of the peer exchange did not include any content other than a brief introduction.
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32 Additional comments on Chapter 5 included that the section on Overhead Facilities could be changed to Aboveground Facilities and could further include sections to discuss solar facilities, cell towers, 5G infrastructure, and wind power. Chapter 6, Appendices Peer exchange participants mostly focused on discussing definitions included in the glossary of the appendix.
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