Planning, Environment, & Realty

Highways affect people's lives by improving safety and the way we move about our communities and county. We realize that to improve highways and carry out other transportation programs, some people's lives are disrupted because their land, home, or business may have to make way for a project. Learn here how private property is purchased for a project which receives Federal Financial support or, if you wish to learn more of programs for people and businesses who have to move because of the purchase of this property.

The information on these Real Estate pages is a resource on FHWA programs and activities for property owners and occupants, transportation improvement program professionals, and highway right-of-way and other public acquisition program professionals. You are invited to browse and use this information. You are also invited to give us suggestions on how we can make these pages more useful to you, and how our programs can be improved. E-mail Gerald Solomon at gerald.solomon@dot.gov. Revisit this site frequently to obtain current program information and announcements. If you don't see the topic you are looking for, check our Subject Index. Use the Contacts button above to connect with program specialists. If you have a question pertaining to a project, please contact the FHWA Division Realty Officer in your State.

Upcoming events for Realty.

• Access and Corridor Management
• Acquisition
• Billboards/Outdoor Advertising
• Design/Build
• Legislation and Regulations
• Policy & Guidance
• Program Administration
• Property Valuation
• Realty Archive
• Realty Newsletter
• Relocation
• Research
• Scans
• Uniform Act
• Utility Rights-of-Way

• Sec. 1904: Interim Guidance on FHWA Major Projects; January 27, 2006
• Sec. 5207: Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program
  • Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program, Implemenation Strategy (or PDF, 53KB); August 4, 2006, Federal Register
  • FY 2007 Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program (STEP) Research Plan
  • Revisions to the Implementation Strategy and Request for Suggested Lines of Research for the FY 2008 STEP (or PDF, 54KB); June 25, 2007, Federal Register

• 2008 FHWA Incentive Payments Peer Exchange Report New 10/02/08
• 2009 STEP Research Program New 08/05/08
• Acquisition Brochure Updated for Final Rule
• Effectiveness and Impacts of FHWA's Implementation of the 49 CFR 24.102(c)(2) Appraisal Waiver
• Federally Mandated Exclusions From Income
• Fixed Residential Moving Cost Schedule
• GIS in Transportation
• Guidance on the Approval Process For Outdoor Advertising Control Pilots
• Guidance on Hardship Acquisition and Condemnation
• National Business Relocation Study

• Official Blog of the Secretary of Transportation
• Policy and Guidance for Acquisition and/or Relocation Incentive Programs-Voluntary
• Public Sector Real Estate Course Schedule
• Real Estate Acquisition Guide for Local Public Agencies
• Real Estate Exchange (Discussion Forum)
• Relocation Brochure Updated for Final Rule
• Supercompensation Payments Incurred for Acquisition of Real Property on Projects Eligible for Federal Funding
• The Federal Highway Administration Research Programs for Realty Program Management and Outdoor Advertising Control
• Uniform Act Frequently Asked Questions (UA FAQs)
• Uniform Act Low Income Calculations