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61 Relative to utility pole safety, the federal regulation at 23 CFR 645.209(k)
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62 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches The rest of this chapter discusses efforts by the Washington State DOT, Georgia DOT, New Jersey DOT, North Carolina DOT, and an anonymous DOT to improve the safety of existing utility poles in high-risk locations. Washington State DOT Washington State DOT (WSDOT)
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STA Case Examples 63 The WSDOT utility object relocation effort generally requires that (1) new utility objects must be placed outside the control zone; (2)
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64 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches On a typical project, the aerial UOs enter into a split-cost (50-50) force account agreement with GDOT for performance of the work.
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STA Case Examples 65 Composite poles offered several advantages over traditional wooden poles in terms of weight, service life, and maintenance. For example, composite poles weigh 475 pounds while wooden poles come in at 1,000 pounds; the service life for composite poles is 80 years with consistent performance, but the service life for wooden poles totals only 20 to 50 years, with declining performance; and composite poles have no maintenance requirements, but wooden poles must be maintained every 5 to 7 years.
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66 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches optimally sited in many cases. Thus, the utilities were facing the possibility of the state ordering the relocation of pole utilities underground or off of rights-of-way without any crash history.
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STA Case Examples 67 Moreover, the following resources are currently available for review online and detail many of the findings highlighted in this chapter: • Additional information on the WSDOT objective of eliminating utility object collisions: Washington Strategic Highway Safety Plan (Washington State DOT 2010) and online at http://targetzero.com/pdf/targetzeroplan.pdf • Guidance on placement of aboveground utilities within WSDOT highway rights-of-way: Chapter 9 on control zone guidelines in the state's utilities manual (Washington State DOT 2019)
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