Valuation and Compensation for Accommodating Utility and Communications Installations in Public Rights of Way

The objective of this research is to identify best practices and prepare guidelines for state departments of transportation ( DOTs) on how to evaluate and charge for the accommodation of utility and communication installations on public ROW. The guidelines shall at least include a comparison of fees, leasing, and in-kind trading used by a majority of state DOTs. Reasons for the variance in fees, valuation methods, and other factors will be analyzed to explain the variation in approaches taken by state DOTs, and will be standardized and normalized so that the comparisons are evaluated in like terms. The guidance should provide state DOTs the means and approaches necessary to execute a fee or leasing schedule for occupancy both for general utilities and for telecommunications facilities.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4759
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $350000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 15-70

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Jared, David

• Start Date: 20200914
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Communication facilities; Fiber optics; Installation; Permits; Public utilities; Right of way (Land); State departments of transportation; State of the practice
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01707673
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 15-70
• Files: TRB, RiP
• Created Date: Jun 3 2019 3:17PM