Alaska Statutes Title 19. Highways and Ferries § 19.25.020. Relocation of utilities incident to highway projects

(a) If, incident to the construction of a highway project, the department determines and orders that a utility facility located across, along, over, under, or within a state right-of-way must be changed, relocated, or removed, the utility owning or maintaining the facility shall change, relocate, or remove it in accordance with the order. The order must provide a reasonable time period for compliance.

(b) If the utility facility is not changed, relocated, or removed in accordance with the order, the facility becomes an unauthorized encroachment and may be disposed of in accordance with AS 19.25.240--19.25.250. In addition, the owner of the facility shall indemnify the state for any amount for which the state may be liable to a contractor by reason of the encroachment.

(c) The cost of change, relocation, or removal necessitated by highway construction is a cost of highway construction to be paid in accordance with AS 19.59.001(4) as follows:

(d) If requested by a municipality, the department shall implement this chapter by requiring to the maximum extent possible location underground of electric power transmission lines within the municipality.