N.M. Admin. Code § 17.4.2.2

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 17.4.2.2 - SCOPE

This utility accommodation policy shall apply to all publicly, privately, cooperatively, municipally or governmentally owned facilities used for the carriage, transmission or distribution of electric power, telephone, telecommunications, telegraph, water, gas, oil, petroleum products, steam, chemicals, sewage, drainage, irrigation and similar lines, that are to be accommodated, adjusted or relocated within the right-of-way of highways, roads or streets under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department.

A. This utility accommodation policy is provided for the regulation of the location, design and methods for installing, adjusting or relocating, accommodating and maintaining physical utility facilities on highway rights-of-way.

B. Where laws or orders of public authority or industry codes prescribe a higher degree of protection or construction than provided by this utility accommodation policy, such laws, orders or codes shall prevail.

N.M. Admin. Code § 17.4.2.2

3/10/71, 11/15/96; Recompiled 12/31/01