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costs; all other costs associated with raikoad 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 <br /> arran a for u ' ' <br /> hli relocations/adjustments in <br /> g tY ,1 areas lying wrthm ~unsdichon 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 Railroad 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 Highway <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 "Ore on Bicycle 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 Traffic 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 Highway <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 /> (S)) 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 /> <br /> Rev. 3-22-OS <br /> <br />