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Update to the May 2002 (AGF) policy. An amendment which specifies penalties and provides a procedure for appeals was adopted in December 2002. The amendment to the policy was provided to APWA by Julie Allen, City of Los Angeles. December 2002

Check list created by the City and County of San Francisco to assist municipal governments in the development of Excavation Permits. PDF file.

This document is provided to all new telecommunications companies seeking to do business within the City & County of San Francisco. In addition to obtaining needed business information on new telecommunications firms this document provides these firms with information they need to apply for permits to install equipment within the public right-of-way.

An exceptionally detailed analysis of a proposed ordinance establishing trench cut fees prepared by the City of Santa Ana, CA Public Works Department and City Attorney's Office. This report was presented to the Budget Committee of the Santa Ana City Council in August 1999.

In 2003, the Utilities and Public Right-of-Way Committee requested that the UPROW Construction Practices Subcommittee identify and evaluate different electronic permitting (e-Permitting) systems currently in use by various agencies across the nation. This report is a summary of their findings and was presented during the 2003 Congress program.

In 2003, the Utilities and Public Right-of-Way Committee requested that the UPROW Construction Practices Subcommittee identify and evaluate different electronic permitting (e-Permitting) systems currently in use by various agencies across the nation. This report is a summary of their findings and was presented during the 2003 Congress program.

The Construction Practices Subcommittee was asked by the UPROW Committee to research available documents related to excavation and trenching standards and to identify good examples. This report documents the process the subcommittee followed to gather the information, assess and evaluate the data and the results of our findings.

The UPROW Construction Practices Subcommittee was asked to research and evaluate the existing available documents related to Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) during construction. The request initiated from the report Recommendations to Establish a New Professional / Educational / Technical Committee for Utility and Public Right-of-Way Issues, prepared by the Utility and Right-of-Way Task Force, and dated April 13, 1998. Section headings include: data collection, analysis and evaluation, evaluation matrix, results, list of submittals.

The attached report documents the process that the subcommittee followed in gathering, assessing, evaluating and reporting the data and the results.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has informed APWA of the details of a natural gas explosion in St Cloud, MN that resulted from a work crew puncturing a natural gas line while driving a guy wire anchor. The deaths of four persons and injury of eleven others was directly attributable to a delay in notifying emergency services of the incident. Information on the inident and NTSB's recommendations are contained in a pdf file.

Federal Highway Administration Work Zone Safety Program web site. Visitors to this site can download a Guide Book of Best Management Practices for work zone traffic management; Fact Sheets outlining exceptional work zone safety and information programs; and software to analyze the impact of alternative work zone management techniques.

Report written by the Utility and Public Right of Way Committee February 2000.

This report describes the findings and conclusions from a multi-year study on the impact of utility cuts on pavement performance conducted by the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton in Ontario, Canada.