Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 220 - Utility Facilities Relocation › Section Trans 220.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The definition of words and phrases in s.
				84.063,
				Stats., apply to this chapter. In this chapter:
(1) "Business day" means any calendar day of
			 the year exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
(2) "Calendar day" means any day of the year;
			 if more than one day, it means any consecutive days of any year or
			 years.
(3) "Compensable work" means
			 utility facility alteration or relocation work for which the department will
			 reimburse the utility facility owner under programs or policies of the
			 department, including s.
			 84.295(4m),
			 Stats.
(4) "Contractor" means the
			 person or entity that enters into an improvement project contract with the
			 department under s.
			 84.06,
			 Stats., and subcontractors or suppliers to the contractor.
(5) "Department" means the department of
			 transportation or its agent.
(6)
			 "Highway" has the meaning given in s.
			 340.01(22),
			 Stats.
(7) "Improvement" has the
			 meaning given in s.
			 84.06(1),
			 Stats.
(8) "Letting date" means the
			 date the department receives and opens bids for an improvement.
(9) "Mail" means a written transmittal,
			 currently dated and sent to the addressee by regular or certified, return
			 receipt requested United States postal service mail or other means.
(10) "Major reconditioning" means an
			 improvement project which includes pavement resurfacing or minor reconditioning
			 plus shoulder widening, ditch restoration, reduction of curvature or grades and
			 intersection improvements.
(11)
			 "Minor reconditioning" means an improvement project which includes pavement
			 resurfacing, pavement widening, shoulder paving and intersection
			 improvements.
(12) "Noncompensable
			 work" means utility facility alteration or relocation work which the owner must
			 carry out without cost to the department.
(13) "Owner" means the owner of a utility
			 facility.
(14) "Project plan" means
			 a plan for a highway improvement suitable for the design of utility facility
			 alterations or relocations which the department sends to the owner.
(15) "Reconstruction" means an improvement
			 project which rebuilds an existing facility and may include reducing curvature
			 or grades and widening pavement and shoulders.
(16) "Resurfacing" means an improvement
			 project which provides a new roadway surface on an existing pavement and may
			 include minor base patching, intersection paving, shoulder gravel and selective
			 beam guard.
(17) "State trunk
			 highway" means any highway designated as part of the state trunk highway system
			 pursuant to s.
			 84.02
			 or
			 84.29,
			 Stats., exclusive of connecting highways.
(18) "Utility facility" includes cable
			 services.
(19) "Work plan" means a
			 plan of the owner to carry out utility facility alteration or relocation work
			 to accommodate an improvement project of the department.
(20) "Working day" means a business day on
			 which weather and other conditions not under the control of the owner will
			 permit utility facility alteration and relocation work to proceed for at least
			 8 hours of the day with the normal working force of the owner engaged in
			 performing the controlling item of work in accordance with the owner's approved
			 work plan. In determining the normal working force of the owner, consideration
			 shall be given for any diversion of the owner's working force that is required
			 to respond to an emergency involving restoration of critical utility
			 service.