Section 1: Overview
Authority
TxDOT has the authority to enter into agreements with cities
for location, relocation, maintenance, control, supervision, and
regulation of state highways within and through the cities. Tex.
Transp. Code §221.002.
TxDOT has the authority to install, operate, and maintain
traffic signals on the state highway system. 43 TAC §25.5.
TxDOT has the authority to construct, maintain, and operate
lighting systems on highways on the state highway system. 43 TAC
§25.11.
TxDOT encourages and facilitates access to TxDOT highway facilities
and their adjacent right of way for the promotion of Texas’ goal
of promoting the development of music, film, television, and multimedia
industries in Texas while preserving the safety and convenience
of the traveling public. 43 TAC § 22.13, Tex. Gov’t Code ch. 485.
TxDOT is allowed to authorize the closure of a segment of
the state highway system for no more than seven days, if closure
serves a public purpose and is consistent with the safety and convenience
of the traveling public. 43 TAC §22.12.
TxDOT may allow municipalities to erect and display signs
concerning points of interest, or geographical, recreational, cultural,
or civic information at the city limits on state highway right of way.
43 TAC ch. 25, subch H.
TxDOT may erect a suitable locally identifying memorial marker
provided by a local government at the local government’s expense
at a place most suitable to TxDOT’s maintenance operations. Tex. Transp.
Code §225.004.
TxDOT shall mark with a historical name a farm-to-market or
ranch road that follows a historical route if a county historical
commission has been authorized by the Texas Historical Commission
to construct such marker at the county historical commissions’ expense.
Tex. Transp. Code §225.005.
Background
This chapter describes the contract standards for and types
of traffic engineering agreement templates available to TxDOT.