NCDOT Rail Involvement Coordination Guidelines The NCDOT’s Rail Division serves as the Department’s liaison with railroad companies to facilitate, mediate, and resolve rail-related issues that will potentially impacted the Department’s mission. Coordination with the Rail Division should be initiated by the Roadway Design Unit as soon as potential rail involvement is discovered. If the project is in the planning phase when rail involvement is determined, the PDEA Project Engineer will initiate coordination with the Rail Division. The Rail Division has two primary points of contact that will need to be notified: Ms. Meredith McLamb, Highway/Railroad Project Manager, and Mr. Richard E. Mullinax, PE, PTOE, Rail Signals Manager. Ms. McLamb’s Unit addresses highway-rail crossing surfaces and encroachment agreement related issues; whereas, Mr. Mullinax’s Unit addresses highway-rail crossing traffic control warning devices related issues. The coordination should start with a review of the preliminary design plans (plans used to develop the project hearing maps) and a follow-up review of the 25% final plans (to hydro with horizontal and vertical alignments, slope stake limits and preliminary right of way limits) and the Final Design Field Inspection plans (final design plans that are reviewed prior to submitting plans for right of way acquisition). The parameters for initiating Rail Division coordination are as follows: 200’ parallel proximity to the centerline of the railroad tracks. 200’ proximity to the end construction limits for perpendicular rail crossings along lines and lines. –L- –Y- Coordination should consist of plans and any accompanying information sent to Ms. McLamb and Mr. Mullinax.
NCDOT Rail Involvement Coordination Guidelines The NCDOT’s Rail Division serves as the Department’s liaison with railroad companies to facilitate, mediate, and resolve rail-related issues that will potentially impacted the Department’s mission. Coordination with the Rail Division should be initiated by the Roadway Design Unit as soon as potential rail involvement is discovered. If the project is in the planning phase when rail involvement is determined, the PDEA Project Engineer will initiate coordination with the Rail Division. The Rail Division has two primary points of contact that will need to be notified: Ms. Meredith McLamb, Highway/Railroad Project Manager, and Mr. Richard E. Mullinax, PE, PTOE, Rail Signals Manager. Ms. McLamb’s Unit addresses highway-rail crossing surfaces and encroachment agreement related issues; whereas, Mr. Mullinax’s Unit addresses highway-rail crossing traffic control warning devices related issues. The coordination should start with a review of the preliminary design plans (plans used to develop the project hearing maps) and a follow-up review of the 25% final plans (to hydro with horizontal and vertical alignments, slope stake limits and preliminary right of way limits) and the Final Design Field Inspection plans (final design plans that are reviewed prior to submitting plans for right of way acquisition). The parameters for initiating Rail Division coordination are as follows: 200’ parallel proximity to the centerline of the railroad tracks. 200’ proximity to the end construction limits for perpendicular rail crossings along –L- lines and –Y- lines. Coordination should consist of plans and any accompanying information sent to Ms. McLamb and Mr. Mullinax.
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