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Consultants recommend linear‑foot fee for telecom use of county rights‑of‑way; county staff to craft ordinance
Summary
Tierra Right of Way Services recommended that Santa Fe County adopt a linear‑foot annual fee for telecommunications infrastructure in county rights‑of‑way and standardize permit, excavation and traffic control fees; county staff will use the report to draft an ordinance.
Santa Fe County — Consultants hired to advise on telecommunications access to county rights‑of‑way recommended on June 10 that Santa Fe County adopt a usage‑based charge tied to linear feet of installed infrastructure, a permit fee structure and consistent excavation and traffic‑control fees as the basis for a competitively neutral county ordinance.
Tierra Right of Way Services presented a report that analyzed models used in New Mexico and neighboring states, including franchise agreements (city of Albuquerque), negotiated…
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