Legal Issues Concerning the Use of Transportation Facilities to Generate Revenue for State DOTs
Utility companies are seeking to locate communications
facilities and evolving wireless communication
technology and its infrastructure in state right-of-way.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's
NCHRP LRD 81:
Legal Issues Concerning the Use of Transportation Facilities to Generate Revenue for State DOTs
summarizes and provides a legal analysis
of the legal issues related to a state DOT’s obligation to
provide access to the state right-of-way for communication
utilities, and a DOT’s options to generate revenue
from such access.
This Summary Last Modified On: 9/16/2020