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Subchapter
002
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SECRETARY
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 2226)
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§ 2226. Public highways; conduit standards
(a) Intent. The intent of this section is to provide for the construction of infrastructure sufficient
to allow telecommunications service providers seeking to deploy communication lines
in the future to do so by pulling the lines through the conduit and appurtenances
installed pursuant to this section. This section is intended to require those constructing
public highways, including State, municipal, and private developers, to provide and
install such conduit and appurtenances as may be necessary to accommodate future telecommunications
needs within public highways and rights-of-way without further excavation or disturbance.
(b) Study. On or before December 15, 2014, the Secretary of Administration, in consultation with
the Commissioner of Public Service, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Vermont
League of Cities and Towns, shall submit a report to the General Assembly on a “Dig
Once Program” consistent with the intent of subsection (a) of this section. The study
shall include findings and recommendations related to the installation of conduit
and such vaults and other appurtenances as may be necessary to accommodate installation
and connection of telecommunications lines within conduit during highway construction
projects; construction standards with due consideration given to existing and anticipated
technologies and industry standards; minimum diameter of the conduit and interducts
to meet the requirements of this section; the party responsible for installation costs;
the ownership and availability of the conduit; and any other matters the Secretary
deems appropriate. (Added 2013, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. June 16, 2014.)