If a public or private utility owns a facility, or is planning to perform work, in a right-of- way that is scheduled to be repaved by the Department of Transportation, the utility shall:notify the Department of any planned utility work scheduled for the current fiscal year or the next 2 fiscal years within the limits of the Department’s scheduled repaving work; coordinate such utility work with the Department; investigate, test, repair and upgrade the utility’s existing facilities so that future maintenance or replacement will not be required for a minimum of 5 years after the right-of-way is repaved; and immediately notify the Department of any emergency work that takes place in a rightof-way scheduled by the Department to be repaved during the current calendar year. When DOT submits plans for its proposed work to all utilities several times during the design process, each utility shall consider and inform the Department of all the improvements it will need to make based on:uploads from DOT which will include scheduled roadways and repaving limits to the utility coordination platforms/software; communication about scheduled roadways at the monthly utility coordination meetings held at DOT; and any other communications between the Department and utility providers regarding scheduled roadway repaving locations. When properly advised by a utility pursuant to <cite data-path="14.03.01.08|B.">Regulation .08.B</cite>, DOT will consider delaying the advertisement, or altering the contract, to allow utility work to be completed first.