One of the "old guard" fiber carriers in the local area spent 4 years trying to get approval for a single crossing across a single-track section (I realize a bit different than lateral, but still...).
The final engineering requirement from BN was schedule 80 steel conduit a minimum of 20 feet below grade, with ridiculous setbacks for the boring holes. On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > With UP you pay an expedite fee and get it in about 2 weeks. But I found > that if you didn’t pay the fee you get it in about 15 days... > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:15 PM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Reclaimed rail corridor access > > I wish BN was so easy. From everything i hear expensive and takes > forever, and they want lots of paperwork. I think a new comm site on > Federal land (including the environmental assessment) might be easier from > the stories I hear. > > It took me a few months to even get them to respond last time I tried, at > which point I decided wireless was easier. > > On Jul 11, 2017 11:30 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Easy. Find out who owns it. An active UPRR longitudinal ROW is >> expensive but easy to do. >> If there is no RR easement any more, then you just deal with the land >> owner. >> >> *From:* Jason McKemie >> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 11, 2017 11:28 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Reclaimed rail corridor access >> >> There is a hiking / biking trail going in on an old railroad corridor >> that I might like to run fiber along. Does anyone have experience with >> this? Or is is generally too much of a hassle to deal with? >> > -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux>
