(1) Purpose. This rule is established to regulate the location and manner for installation and adjustment of utility facilities on any Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) right-of-way, in the interest of safety and the protection, utilization, and future development of such rights of way, with due consideration given to public service afforded by adequate and economical utility installations, and to provide procedures for the issuance of permits.
    (2) Permits.
FDOT will issue permits for the construction, alteration, operation, relocation, removal, and maintenance of utilities upon the right of way in conformity with the FDOT Utility Accommodation Manual (UAM), 2017 edition incorporated by reference at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-08495. Copies of the UAM are available from the FDOT Maps and Publications Office at 605 Suwannee Street, MS 12, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450, or the FDOT Utility website: www.fdot.gov/programmanagement/utilities/. The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule:
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