NAC408.417. Determination of likelihood of accident or injury of facility; ranking of work concerning improvement of safe operation of facility.

     1. If the Department or utility determines that the utility’s facility is likely to be associated with injury or accident to the users of the highway, as indicated by safety studies or the history of accidents, the Department will, after consulting with the utility, require it to make certain changes to reduce the probability of injury or accident. The changes required by the Department may include changes to the highway or the utility’s facility.

     2. The Department will rank all work concerning the improvement of the safe operation of a facility in order of priority in relation to other programs concerning highway safety in such a manner as to ensure the greatest benefit for the least cost.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 1-6-95)