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costs; all other costs associated with railroad work will be at the sole expense of Agency, or others. Agency may <br />request State, in writing, to provide railroad coordination and negotiations. However, State is under no <br />obligation to agree to perform said duties. <br />UTILITIES <br />35. Agency shall cause to be relocated or reconstructed, all privately or publicly-owned utility conduits, <br />lines, poles, mains, pipes, and all other such facilities of every kind and nature where such relocation <br />or reconstruction is made necessary by the plans of the Project in order to conform the utilities and <br />other facilities with the plans and the ultimate requirements of the Project. Only those utility <br />relocations, which are eligible for federal-aid participation under, Title 23 CFR 645A, shall be <br />included in the total Project costs; all other utility relocations shall be at the sole expense of Agency, <br />or others. State will arrange for utility relocations/adjustments in areas lying within jurisdiction of <br />.State, if State is performing the preliminary engineering. Agency may request State in writing to <br />arrange for utility relocations/adjustments lying within Agency jurisdiction, acting on .behalf of <br />Agency. This request must be submitted no later than 21 weeks prior to bid let date. However, State <br />is under no obligation to agree to perform said duties. <br />36. Agency shall follow established State. utility relocation policy and procedures. The policy and <br />procedures are available through the appropriate State's Region Utility Specialist or State's Right of <br />Way Section Raikoad Liaison, and Utility Engineer. <br />STANDARDS <br />37. Agency agrees that design standards for all projects on the National Highway System (NHS) and the <br />Oregon State Highway System shall be in compliance to standards specified in the current "State <br />Highway Design Manual" and related references. Construction plans shall be in conformance with <br />standard practices of State for plans prepared by its own staff. All specifications for the Project shall <br />be in substantial compliance with the most current "Oregon Standard Specifications for HighwaX <br />Construction". <br />38. Agency agrees that minimum design standards for non-NHS projects shall be recommended <br />AASHTO Standards and in accordance with the current "Oregon Bicvcle and Pedestrian Plan", <br />unless otherwise requested by Agency and approved by State. <br />39. Agency agrees and will verify that the installation of traffic control devices shall meet the warrants <br />prescribed in the "Manual on Uniform Traff c Control Devices and Oregon Supplements". <br />40. All plans and specifications shall be developed in general conformance with the current "Contract <br />Plans Development Guide" and the .current "Oregon Standard Specifications for HighwaX <br />Construction" and/or guidelines provided. <br />41. The standard unit of measurement for all aspects of the Project may be either System International <br />(SIJ Units (metric), or English Units. However, all Project documents and products shall be in one or <br />the other unit of measurement. This includes, but is not limited to, right-of--way, environmental <br />documents, plans and specifications, and utilities. It should be recognized that the State is currently <br />transitioning to English, and will be completely English by 2006. <br />STDPRO-2005.doc ~ <br />Rev. 3-22-OS <br />