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263B.5 STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CONTRACTS.
1. The state department of transportation in letting contracts
for road construction shall take action to see that historical
objects will not be needlessly destroyed or if such destruction
cannot be avoided reasonable action shall be taken to obtain all
information concerning such objects prior to destruction. If it
should appear that the proposed construction will result in the
destruction of historical objects and it is determined by the
appropriate authority that such objects cannot be reasonably removed
or otherwise preserved, consideration shall be given to possible
alternate locations of the highway.
2. If during the course of construction, historical objects are
encountered, the appropriate authority shall be notified immediately
and steps taken to excavate and preserve the objects if practicable
or if preservation is impracticable, to permit the appropriate
authority to obtain and record data relative thereto.
3. Agreements may be entered into with the appropriate authority
to pay from federal highway funds the reasonable cost of salvage
work. Extra work orders may be issued to the contractor where
necessary and extra work orders may be issued in cases within the
meaning of "subsurface or lateral conditions" or "unknown
physical conditions" where such terms are used in the standard
contract forms. Payment for salvage work shall be limited to that
performed within the roadway prism and any location designated as a
source of material. If the contractor's operations are delayed
because of salvage work such contractor shall be entitled to an
appropriate extension of the contract time. If practicable, the
operations shall be rescheduled to avoid the section where the
historical material is, until the removal of it.
4. The cost of exploratory work prior to construction shall be
borne by the appropriate authority. Costs of excavation of
historical objects or recordation of data may be paid by the federal
highway funds. Excavation costs may include costs of protecting and
preservation during removal from the site but shall not include the
expense of shipping historical objects from the site. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 305A.5] Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 263B.5
Referred to in § 263B.4
