Preliminary Information
All TxDOT project personnel should review and follow the Design Division's for the development of any projects.
As districts identify construction projects impacting railroad right of way, the following documents should be obtained:
- Existing license agreement or permit for the crossing or location being impacted by the projectto be obtained by RRD.
- Advanced Funding Agreements (AFA) between TxDOT and a local government for the projectto be obtained by the district.
- Copy of executed agreement between the local government and railroad company (if applicable) to be obtained by the district.
- Right of way mapsto be obtained by the district.
If the existing agreement can be obtained,
RRD
will verify if TxDOT or the roadway authority either
has a license to cross railroad right of way or if the railroad is crossing the roadway right of way via permit. RRD
will also verify the responsibilities established with all parties in the original agreement and if the new project is impacted by these responsibilities.An AFA can be used as an attachment to a C&M Agreement to avoid a three-party agreement involving the local government. In this scenario, the C&M Agreement can be executed between TxDOT and the railroad company with the AFA attached to clarify maintenance responsibilities. The AFA also specifies the party responsible for preliminary engineering and the party
responsible for the project construction
.The
RRD
contract specialist determines if an existing safety (Section 130
) or replanking project exists at any of the at-grade crossings on the project. If so, the safety or replanking project may be canceled and paid for under the construction project. See comments regarding Highway Safety Improvement Projects and Section 130 projects in Chapter 4, Section 130
.If a district or local let project involves safety/HSIP funding or affects traffic signals and/or sidewalks, contact Rail Division for potential partnering. See Chapter 4, Section 130 for further details.