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Sufficient Property Rights for Federal-Aid Highway Construction
Chris WoodsOregon Division-FHWA
Oregon Division
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• What Is A Sufficient Property Right?– Federal & State Laws– Federal Regulations
• Oregon’s ROW Certification Requirements
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Federal Law, Regulation, And State Law Refer To The Agency Acquiring Real Property For Highway Projects
• 42 USC 4651-The Uniform Act
• 23 USC 101- Highways
• 49 CFR Part 24
• 23 CFR 710
• ORS 366.340
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23 CFR 710 Gives Some Clarity To Precisely What Property Rights Are Sufficient for Federal Aid Construction
• Access rights• Air Rights• Airspace• Easement• Right-of-Way• Real Property
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Property Rights Acquired Must Be Sufficient To Construct, Operate and Maintain The Highway Facility
• 23 CFR 1.23
• Possessory Interest
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§ 1.23 Rights-of-way.(a) Interest to be acquired. The State shall acquire rights-of-way of such nature and extent as are adequate for the construction, operation and maintenance of a project.(b) Use for highway purposes. Except as provided under paragraph (c) of this section, all real property, including air space, within the right-of-way boundaries of a project shall be devoted exclusively to public highway purposes. No project shall be accepted as complete until this requirement has been satisfied….
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Partial Text Of 23 CFR 1.23:
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A Possessory*Interest In The Real Property Required To Construct, Operate, and Maintain the Highway Facility Is Required
• Fee Simple
• Permanent Easements
• Temporary Easements
• Less than Fee Interests
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ODOT Certifies To The Division That The Project Has All Real Property Rights Needed For The Project
• Certification 1• Certification 2• Certification 3
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ODOT Certification Form Contains All The required Statements Under 23 CFR 635• Relocation• ROW Encumbrances• Disposition of
Improvements• Railroads• Utilities
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Statements Regarding Relocation Of Property And People• The Number and Nature of the Relocations• Status of Relocations
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Statements Regarding Encumbrances & Improvements• The Nature and Resolution to Encumbrance
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Statements Regarding Railroads & Utilities
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Required Information Regarding Cert 2s
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Required Information Regarding Cert 3s
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Re-certification of Cert 2s and 3s
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