Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of the Railway-Highway Crossing Engineering Design Services (RHCEDS) projects is to improve safety in order to reduce the number and severity of crashes at public railwayhighway at-grade crossings. Safety improvements may include installation of pedestrian concrete sidewalks, pedestrian gates, pedestrian railing, drainage improvements, upgrading vehicle gates, concrete crossing panel extension’s, installation of new traffic and railroad signs, replacement of cantilevers with complete vehicle assembly gates, relocating existing railroad signals to allow safe and adequate distance for sidewalk, and other safety features to adhere to current Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the operating railroad.
