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      <title>Automated Valuation Models to Expedite Right-of-Way Acquisition Processes Within the Federal-aid Program Across the Nation.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This is a proof of concept study of Automated Valuation Models to expedite Right-of-Way Acquisition processes and to identify opportunities to incorporate AVM and AVM tools into Federal-aid program.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:48:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Legal Problems Arising out of Highway Programs. Topic 24-04. The Legal Issues Concerning the Use of Transportation Facilities to Generate Revenue for State DOTs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This objective of this research is to produce a report that addresses the issues related to a DOT’s legal obligation to provide similar free access to state ROW for private, non-traditional utilities such as broadband telecommunications.   This study should analyze the law of all 50 states to determine each state’s statutory and regulatory authority with respect to these issues. In addition, the study should determine state and federal laws impacting both safety and compensation and how the nature of the ROW (limited access, acquired via condemnation, federally funded or supported) impacts the DOT’s ability to assess reasonable rates for such use. A survey should be conducted to determine how state DOTs are approaching such requests and specifically whether and how the states are assessing fair market value or some lesser amount based upon public interest determinations.   The study should also analyze how fair market value can include a premium for the contiguous value of the longitudinal structure of this ROW for utility occupations, including but not limited to a recommendation for capturing utility profits. The research should include the potential legal obstacles to such assessments, including but not limited to any distinctions based upon the regulatory status of the utility as a public utility with condemnation authority, as well as any potential impact of the equal access provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:24:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The objectives of this Task Order are to investigate and document nationwide residential real estate market values since the 2008 real estate market crash, on a per market basis within each State, and identify and document where and to what extent residential real estate market values have not recovered or exceeded market values prior to the 2008 crash. This information will be used by the FHWA to determine and document whether a continuance of the Temporary Waiver of Methodology for Calculating a Replacement Housing Payment for Negative Equity (Waiver) is necessary.

FHWA is now seeking comparative and finite data from private sources of each State’s residential real estate markets to facilitate its consideration of the continuing need for the negative equity waiver. This nationwide examination of residential real estate market’s sale price data will consist of gathering, documenting, compiling and comparatively analyzing the data in each market of each State from multiple private sources into a comprehensive report.  Data will be gathered for each State’s residential real estate market from 2006 through the latest data available at the time the contract for this Task Order is initiated. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:13:48 GMT</pubDate>
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