New & Current Policy

• Encroachment or Utility Policy Exception Request - Template (Word)
  • Caltrans Guidance for the Preparation of an Encroachment or Utility Policy Exception Request (PDF)
• Design Standard Decision Document for Utility Pole Work Template
• The Environmental Management Office has created a Fact Sheet entitled “Environmental Requirements for Encroachment Permits” which discusses CEQA and NEPA requirements for encroachment permits and other right-of-way use agreements, clarifies the meaning of highway versus non-highway uses, and also briefly touches upon other requirements such as Section 106 compliance, Section 7 consultation, and Section 4(f).
• Accommodation of wired broadband facilities within access-controlled State highway right-of-way (PDF)
  • Attachment A - Wired broadband facility accommodation in access-controlled State highway right-of-way (PDF)
  • Attachment B - Guidance for broadband installation on bridges (PDF)
• Effective January 1, 2022 Assembly Bill 955 (Quirk) amended Streets & Highways Code Section 671.5 by establishing additional procedures to the current process of reviewing encroachment permit applications for all broadband facilities by the California Department of Transportation. All broadband facility permit applications must comply with the additional procedures established by Assembly Bill 955.
• Memorandum: Assembly Bill 955 - Encroachment Permits for Broadband Facilities (PDF)
• Memorandum: Implementation of the 2024 Caltrans Construction Contract Standards (PDF)