Title 28 — Transportation

A. The department shall construct and maintain economic strength projects that are part of the state highway system. B. A local authority shall construct and maintain an economic strength project that is not part of the state highway system if the local authority has jurisdiction…

The director may enter into agreements on behalf of this state with a local authority in regard to the financing, construction or maintenance of an economic strength project recommended by the Arizona commerce authority and approved by the board.

The board may prescribe rules for the administration of this article.

A. The board has final authority to approve an economic strength project recommended by the Arizona commerce authority. The board shall fund an approved economic strength project from the economic strength project fund. B. Before approving an economic strength project, the board …

A. The department may establish an urban and a rural logo sign program. Notwithstanding sections 28-648, 28-7048 and 28-7053, as part of the program the department may contract with a third party to install and maintain specific services information signs, known as logo signs, on…

A. The director may spend monies from the state highway fund in the amount prescribed by law to encourage tourist travel to and through this state by giving publicity to points and places of historic interest, climatic and recreational advantages, the possibilities of successful …

A. The department shall maintain a section for the publication of the magazine, maps, pamphlets and other descriptive material provided by section 28-7312. B. The director shall appoint a publisher as head of the section. C. Compensation for the publisher is as established pursua…

A. The publisher may: 1. Subject to approval of the director, direct the organization of the section of publications and employ or enter into contracts for distribution and wholesale sale of the magazine. 2. Make quarterly reports to the director of expenditures by the section an…

A. An Arizona highways magazine fund is established. B. The fund consists of monies: 1. Appropriated by the legislature from the state highway fund of not more than $500,000 annually. 2. Received from the sales of subscriptions, single copies, maps, pamphlets and other descriptiv…

A. In addition to the urban and rural logo sign programs established pursuant to section 28-7311, the department may establish a program to lease or sell advertising on nonhighway assets of the department and to allow monetary sponsorship of facilities and other assets of the dep…

The director may enter into cooperative agreements with the secretary or any authorized officer of the departments constituting the defense establishment of the United States, the federal highway administrator or any other authorized officer or agency of the United States for con…

A cooperative agreement entered into under this article: 1. Shall provide that all monies advanced by this state in pursuance of the project shall be promptly reimbursed by the United States agency entering into the agreement to the extent of the agency's participation in the cos…

A. If the director determines it necessary for the expeditious completion of a cooperative agreement undertaken pursuant to this article, the director may pay from the state highway fund or from any account within the state highway fund all costs of construction, including the ac…

The United States agency with which a cooperative agreement is entered into shall promptly reimburse the state highway fund or an account within the fund for all expenditures made by the department under the agreement chargeable to the agency at reasonably regular intervals as th…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Architect services" means those professional architect services that are within the scope of architectural practice as provided in title 32, chapter 1. 2. "Construction-manager-at-risk" means a project delivery method in…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, if the director determines that an emergency exists, the director may award a contract for the reconstruction of transportation facilities necessary to preserve the health, welfare or safety of persons or property. B. The director shall award a c…

1. The department shall not enter into a contract to operate any structure, facility or other item pursuant to this article. 2. Each design-build project shall be a specific single project. 3. The department shall not commence any design-build project after December 31, 2030. For…

The department shall use the following criteria as the minimum basis for determining when to use the design-build method of project delivery: 1. The extent to which it can adequately define the project requirements. 2. The time constraints for delivery of the project. 3. The capa…

A. If the department determines that the design-build method of project delivery is appropriate, the department shall establish a two-phase procedure for awarding the design-build contract. The department shall limit each solicitation for a design-build contract to a specific sin…

A. The department may procure the following services pursuant to this section: 1. Construction-manager-at-risk construction services. 2. Job-order-contracting construction services. B. The department shall provide notice of each procurement of construction services prescribed in …

A. The department may procure in a single procurement multiple contracts for the same job-order-contracting construction services to be awarded to separate persons or firms pursuant to this section. B. The department shall provide notice of each procurement of multiple contracts …

A. A contract for construction services using the job-order-contracting method may be entered into for a period of up to five years, as deemed to be in the best interest of the department, if the term of the contract and conditions of renewal or extension, if any, are included in…

If contractor insurance is required for services procured pursuant to this article, the insurance shall be placed with an insurer authorized to transact insurance in this state pursuant to title 20, chapter 2, article 1 or a surplus lines insurer approved and identified by the di…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Broadband service": (a) Means providing access and transport to the internet, computer processing, information storage or protocol conversion in either the upstream or downstream direction, as established by the federal …

A. The director, or a provider with permission from the department, may install telecommunication facilities pursuant to this article. B. The director may lease a telecommunication facility to providers pursuant to this article and coordinate with providers regarding planning or …

[Repealed or reserved.]

A. Except as provided in subsection E of this section, the department may allow a provider longitudinal access to the right-of-way of a highway for the installation, operation and maintenance of a telecommunication facility. B. The department shall enter into an agreement with a …

1. Fair and reasonable. 2. Competitively neutral. 3. Nondiscriminatory. 4. Open to public inspection. 5. Established to promote access by multiple providers. 6. Established for zones of this state. 7. Established to encourage the deployment of digital infrastructure within this s…

1. Determines the spare conduit and related facilities are not needed for highway purposes. 2. Receives fair compensation for the use of and access to the spare conduit and related facilities. 3. Offers such use and access in a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory manner a…

1. Legislative appropriations. 2. Monies received from the sales or leases of rights-of-way, telecommunication facilities and telecommunication services pursuant to sections 28-7385 and 28-7386. 3. Monies received from providers to reimburse costs for compensation claims pursuant…