Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 15 - FINANCING AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS › Subchapter N - STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS FINANCED THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND OTHER PUBLIC SECURITIES › Section 15.171 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise:
(1) Accident
				  data--Information detailing the number of motor vehicle traffic accidents or
				  casualties at or on a particular highway location, segment of highway, or type
				  of highway.
(2) Bond--A public
				  security issued by the State of Texas under the authority of Transportation
				  Code, §
										222.003,
				  for improvements to the state highway system and secured by a pledge of and
				  payable from revenue deposited to the credit of the state highway
				  fund.
(3) Commission--The Texas
				  Transportation Commission.
(4)
				  Department--The Texas Department of Transportation.
(5) Executive Director--The executive
				  director of the department or the director's designee.
(6) Grade crossing--The intersection of a
				  railroad and a public roadway.
(7)
				  Grade separation--A structure that separates two highways, a highway and a
				  railroad line, a highway and a county road, or a highway and a city
				  street.
(8) Hazard Elimination
				  Program--A federal construction program mandated under
				  23 U.S.C.
				  §152 to reduce the number and severity
				  of traffic accidents.
(9) Hazardous
				  location--A location on the state highway system that requires improvement in
				  order to increase safety at a location, as determined by the department through
				  accident data analysis or engineering judgment.
(10) Highway--A public road, including right
				  of way and all appurtenances, that is on the designated state highway
				  system.
(11) Narrow two-lane
				  highway--A two lane road on the state highway system with a width of less than
				  24 feet, including any paved shoulder.
(12) Pavement geometry--The vertical,
				  horizontal and pavement structure design elements of a highway or bridge
				  feature.
(13) Safety
				  appurtenance--Highway safety features such as breakaway sign supports,
				  breakaway utility poles, traffic barriers, impact attenuators, traversable
				  terrain, and hardware features such as drainage inlets, barriers, and other
				  safety related fixtures.
(14)
				  Safety project--A project that reduces accidents or corrects or improves a
				  hazardous location.
(15) State
				  highway system--The system of highways in the state included in a comprehensive
				  plan prepared by the executive director with the approval of the commission, in
				  accordance with Transportation Code, §
										201.103.
(16) State highway improvement
				  project--Improvement projects designed to improve mobility, reduce congestion,
				  or make other needed upgrades to the state highway system.
(17) Texas Highway Trunk System--A planned
				  rural network of four or more lane divided roadways that will serve as a
				  principal connector for Texas cities of greater than 20,000 population as well
				  as major ports and points of entry.
(18) Unified Transportation Program--The
				  10-year financial plan of the Texas Department of Transportation outlining
				  project development and construction.