Development of a Guide for Accommodating Utilities within Highways and Freeways (2023) / Chapter Skim
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40 CHAPTER 7 -- SUMMARY As a result of changes in rules and regulations, AASHTO identified the need to merge the AASHTO Policy on the Accommodation of Utilities within Freeway Right-of-Way and the AASHTO Guide for Accommodating Utilities within Highway Right-of-Way into one document, which was the primary objective of NCHRP research project 20-123(06)
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41 utility facilities within a limited space that serves a transportation function, while realizing the societal benefits of allowing such accommodation. Participants agreed that the new guide should be written in the tone of 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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42 projects, while other topics could become the subject of future research projects. Potential topics for updates of the new guide or addition research include the following: • Emerging technology.
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43 • Out-of-service utility facilities. The new guide discusses abandoned or out-of-service lines in a few sections, but it does not provide strategies for ensuring removal of lines, grouting, repurposing, or maintenance responsibilities once a facility is considered outof-service.
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44 implement utility inventory databases, few states have functional, statewide utility inventories. Research is needed to determine the current status of state utility inventories and success stories to help states with the process of creating utility inventories.
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