Right of Way Agent
A right of way agent is a land professional who helps clients obtain easements for various purposes, such as the construction of a new highway or an underground pipeline. Negotiating lease agreements with landowners is a key part of the value proposition offered by right of way agents.
What Does a Right of Way Agent Do?
Energy, construction, transportation, and large-scale industrial projects can require buy-in from multiple landowners within a specific geographic region. Obtaining land lease agreements from all stakeholders can be time-consuming and complex. To keep projects on track and ensure success, developers often rely on right of way agents for:
Interacting with landowners: Establishing initial contact, creating awareness for the project, building relationships, and following up through different methods of communication.
Negotiating land leases: Understanding a project’s potential impact to landowners and working out deals that work for all parties.
Organizing land lease paperwork: Collecting lease agreement signatures from landowners and managing related tasks.
Serving as a liaison: Sharing important information between project developers and landowners, and, in some cases, providing community relations support.
Projects that Involve Right of Way Agents
Public utilities, government agencies, and other organizations use right of way agents to support a variety of projects. Such entities may solicit bids from multiple providers to find the best fit for their needs. Examples of projects that commonly involve right of way agents include:
● Building or extending roads as part of infrastructure projects
● Rerouting transmission lines to help ensure the optimal flow of energy
● Constructing an underground pipeline that will move oil across states
● Transporting energy generated by windmills to nearby substations
Right of way projects can require temporary easements (i.e., roads for construction projects) and/or easements that are more permanent (i.e., land for transmission lines).
Right of Way Services
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