Notification and Inspection

To receive moving payments, the displacee must:
  • provide TxDOT with advance notice of the estimated move date or the disposal date of displaced personalty;
  • provide TxDOT with a dated list of items to be moved, including a separate list of items requiring special handling or extra services for removal and reinstallation; and
  • allow TxDOT to make timely inspections of the displaced personalty at the displacement and replacement sites, and to monitor the move.
ROW PD shall:
  • monitor moves to ensure agreement with expected costs, directing added attention towards complex or high-cost moves expected to exceed $20,000.00;
  • perform pre-move and post-move “on-site” inspections to confirm that property listed on the pre-move inventory is physically located at the displacement site, and is moved and reinstalled at the replacement site;
  • document any sizable differences in the project files and revise the agreed upon payment amount accordingly;
  • record, in the project files, TxDOT’s pre-move and post-move inventory verifications; and
  • record, in the project files, the inspection findings, the inspection date, and the inspector’s name.