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others. Agency may request State, in writing, to provide railroad coordination and <br />negotiations. However, State is .under no 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 <br />conduits, lines, poles, mains, pipes, and all other such facilities of every kind and nature <br />where such relocation or reconstruction is made necessary by the plans of the Project in <br />order to conform the utilities and other facilities with the plans and the ultimate requirements <br />of the Project. Only those utility relocations, which are eligible for federal.-aid participation <br />under, Title 23 CFR 645A, shall be included in the total Project .costs; all other utility <br />......relocations shall be at the sole expense of Agency, or others. State will arrange for utility <br />relocations/adjustments in areas lying within jurisdiction of State, if State is pertorming the <br />preliminary engineering. Agency may request State in writing to arrange for utility <br />relocations/adjustments lying within Agency jurisdiction, acting on behalf of Agency. This <br />request must be submitted no later than 21 weeks prior to bid let date. However, State is- <br />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 <br />Right of Way Section Railroad Liaison, and Utility Engineer. <br />STANDARDS <br />37. Agency agrees that design standards for all projects on the National Highway System <br />(NHS) and the Oregon State Highway System shall be in compliance to standards specified <br />in the current "State Highway Design Manual" and related references. Construction plans <br />shall be in conformance with standard practices of State for plans prepared by its own staff. <br />All specifications for the Project shall be in substantial compliance with the most current <br />"Oregon Standard Specifications for Highway Construction". <br />38. Agency agrees that minimum design standards for non-NHS projects shall be <br />recommended AASHTO Standards and in accordance with the current "Oregon Bicycle and <br />Pedestrian Plan", 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 <br />warrants prescribed in the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and Oregon <br />Supplements". <br />40. All plans and specifications-shall be developed in general conformance with the current <br />"Contract Plans Development Guide" and the current "Oregon Standard Specifications for <br />Highway Construction" and/or guidelines provided. <br />41. The standard unit of measurement for all aspects of the Project may be either System <br />International (SI) Units (metric), or English Units. However, all Project documents and <br />products shall be in one or the other unit of measurement. This includes, but is not limited <br />to, right-of--way, environmental documents, plans and specifications, and utilities. It should <br />be recognized that the State is currently transitioning to English, and will be completely <br />English by 2006. <br />STDPRO-2006.doc <br />Rev. 7-3-2006 <br />