68659694_Federal_Highway_Administration__Agreement_Signers
[State] Texas [Type of Agreement] Utility MOU (in place) Updated MOU (in progress) [Parties to Agreement] Various utilities [Discussion of Agreement] The Texas DOT has had a utility MOU in place since 1998 and has used it with several utility companies. The MOU relies heavily on the TxDOT Utility Cooperative Management Process and a lower-level subprocess that came about in 1995â€“1996 during a business process retooling effort. It is basically a business model that describes parties, tasks, goals, objectives, relationships, etc. The purpose of the MOU is to establish relationships, clarify the lines of communication, and outline the general procedure to accommodate public utility and common carrier use of public rights-of-way during construction of TxDOT transportation improvement projects. The MOU is intended to emphasize coordination and cooperation by all participants with the anticipated result of mutual benefit to both highway users and utility customers. The MOUs are used statewide, but are nonbinding and voluntary. TxDOT is developing an updated MOU with a single utility company. Its primary purpose is to improve communication, cooperation, and coordination between utilities and TxDOT. [Agreement Signers] 
TxDOT district engineers and utility executives
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Agreement Signers