HI HCR125

Requests the Department of Transportation to coordinate with utility providers to develop a comprehensive statewide plan addressing derelict or aging utility poles and lines along Farrington Highway and other high-risk corridors within state highway rights-of-way.

Directs DOT to convene utility providers for a coordinated assessment of aging infrastructure and develop a removal, repair, or remediation schedule prioritizing corridors with elevated wildfire risk, high traffic volumes, or proximity to residential communities.

Requires establishment of a standardized notification process for unsafe or abandoned infrastructure and identification of funding responsibilities and cost allocation mechanisms among state and private stakeholders.

Mandates DOT to evaluate whether existing statutes or franchise agreements sufficiently define maintenance and removal obligations for inactive utility infrastructure.

Requires DOT to submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the Regular Session of 2027 detailing identified infrastructure, remediation schedules, responsible entities, statutory barriers, and any proposed legislation.