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From page 6... ... 6 4.0 RESULTS OF SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS, AND RESEARCH The surveys and interviews asked state DOTs, FHWA division offices, SHPOs, and consultants about applying the two transportation program comments and potential additional national-level program alternatives that FHWA, state DOTs, and the ACHP might be able to use to improve and expedite Section 106 compliance associated with transportation project delivery. This section highlights the key findings of these surveys and interviews. Read the entire page →
From page 7... ... 7 One consultant who responded to this question on the survey noted that they have seen some confusion among their clients who use the program comment. This consultant noted the following:  It is unclear whether steel box girder is a common bridge type. Read the entire page →
From page 8... ... 8  Historic roads and routes  Local road networks  Buried brick streets, streetcar lines, and trolley lines/rail  Abandoned railroad corridors  Ferry vessels and terminals  Airports and certain types of projects/actions within an airport property  Trails and trail programs  Irrigation systems  Levees, berms, pipelines, telephone lines, power lines, and other utility distribution systems  Ditch and canal systems  Common post-World War II strip malls and service industry buildings  Post-World War II commercial properties built to standard plans  Motor vehicles and farm equipment  National contexts for postwar commercial properties, churches, and schools  Post-World War II rural farmsteads and homesteads, and associated archaeological sites  Pre-World War II rural farm above-ground properties  Historic archaeological sites  Unassociated twentieth-century refuse dumps and scatters  Trash dumps and scatters of an undetermined age  Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) projects The above is a wide-ranging list of resource types; however, linear resources, such as historic roads, local roads, streets, abandoned railroad corridors, and trails, are prominent. Read the entire page →
From page 9... ... 9 responses expressed concerns about linear resources; historic roads and routes were mentioned nine times and irrigation systems were mentioned five times. The project team suggests that if agencies are interested in pursuing a program alternative, it should focus on the ubiquitous property type that is of greatest concern among state DOTs, SHPOs, and FHWA division offices. Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... 10  Use NCHRP research guidance to help define exceptional.  Recognize that most significant housing will be represented as a historic district rather than individual houses. Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... 11  Buried brick street and streetcar/trolley rail remnants  Traffic-calming measures  In-kind landscaping, brush removal, mowing, spraying  Bridge deck and substructure rehabilitation on non-eligible bridges  Beam end and bearing replacement on non-eligible bridges  Routine roadway maintenance: milling and paving, signal upgrades and repair, signage, pavement overlays, sealing, striping  In-kind replacement of roads  Projects confined to existing road and in-slope areas  Streetscape improvements in non-historic areas  In-kind replacement of modern materials (e.g., concrete sidewalks, curbs)  Rural pedestrian facilities  Bicycle, bus, and pedestrian facilities and bus shelters  Non-historic lighting and lighting in non-historic areas  Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Read the entire page →
From page 12... ... 12 If the undertaking is a type of activity that does not have the potential to cause effects on historic properties, assuming such historic properties were present, the agency official has no further obligations under section 106 or this part [ACHP 2019a] Read the entire page →
From page 13... ... 13 the active delegation PAs also shows that many state PAs do not even include the use of this Section 106 finding. The reason is not clear at this time. Read the entire page →

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... 6 4.0 RESULTS OF SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS, AND RESEARCH The surveys and interviews asked state DOTs, FHWA division offices, SHPOs, and consultants about applying the two transportation program comments and potential additional national-level program alternatives that FHWA, state DOTs, and the ACHP might be able to use to improve and expedite Section 106 compliance associated with transportation project delivery. This section highlights the key findings of these surveys and interviews.

Read the entire page →

From page 7...

... 7 One consultant who responded to this question on the survey noted that they have seen some confusion among their clients who use the program comment. This consultant noted the following:  It is unclear whether steel box girder is a common bridge type.

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From page 8...

... 8  Historic roads and routes  Local road networks  Buried brick streets, streetcar lines, and trolley lines/rail  Abandoned railroad corridors  Ferry vessels and terminals  Airports and certain types of projects/actions within an airport property  Trails and trail programs  Irrigation systems  Levees, berms, pipelines, telephone lines, power lines, and other utility distribution systems  Ditch and canal systems  Common post-World War II strip malls and service industry buildings  Post-World War II commercial properties built to standard plans  Motor vehicles and farm equipment  National contexts for postwar commercial properties, churches, and schools  Post-World War II rural farmsteads and homesteads, and associated archaeological sites  Pre-World War II rural farm above-ground properties  Historic archaeological sites  Unassociated twentieth-century refuse dumps and scatters  Trash dumps and scatters of an undetermined age  Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) projects The above is a wide-ranging list of resource types; however, linear resources, such as historic roads, local roads, streets, abandoned railroad corridors, and trails, are prominent.

Read the entire page →

From page 9...

... 9 responses expressed concerns about linear resources; historic roads and routes were mentioned nine times and irrigation systems were mentioned five times. The project team suggests that if agencies are interested in pursuing a program alternative, it should focus on the ubiquitous property type that is of greatest concern among state DOTs, SHPOs, and FHWA division offices.

Read the entire page →

From page 10...

... 10  Use NCHRP research guidance to help define exceptional.  Recognize that most significant housing will be represented as a historic district rather than individual houses.

Read the entire page →

From page 11...

... 11  Buried brick street and streetcar/trolley rail remnants  Traffic-calming measures  In-kind landscaping, brush removal, mowing, spraying  Bridge deck and substructure rehabilitation on non-eligible bridges  Beam end and bearing replacement on non-eligible bridges  Routine roadway maintenance: milling and paving, signal upgrades and repair, signage, pavement overlays, sealing, striping  In-kind replacement of roads  Projects confined to existing road and in-slope areas  Streetscape improvements in non-historic areas  In-kind replacement of modern materials (e.g., concrete sidewalks, curbs)  Rural pedestrian facilities  Bicycle, bus, and pedestrian facilities and bus shelters  Non-historic lighting and lighting in non-historic areas  Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Read the entire page →

From page 12...

... 12 If the undertaking is a type of activity that does not have the potential to cause effects on historic properties, assuming such historic properties were present, the agency official has no further obligations under section 106 or this part [ACHP 2019a]

Read the entire page →

From page 13...

... 13 the active delegation PAs also shows that many state PAs do not even include the use of this Section 106 finding. The reason is not clear at this time.

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