How to Use right-of-way in a Sentence

right-of-way

noun

• The pear trees aren’t just in right-of-ways or lining neighborhood streets.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2023
• The most likely route suggested in the past has been along the Interstate 5 right-of-way.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
• The public right-of-way includes the medians, sidewalks and the grassy area between the curb line and the sidewalk.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2023
• The project would also require overland travel along the project right-of-way, along the access roads and in work areas.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• That will be followed by the design, right-of-way and construction phases.
  — Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2024
• Trains travel on a narrow right-of-way along a cliff more than 60 feet above the beach in the small seaside community.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
• Reality check: The city does not allow signage in the public right-of-way.
  — Arika Herron, Axios, 9 July 2024
• The new rules also allow for more types of businesses to expand into the public right-of-way.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 12 July 2023
• Officials say the driver went through a fence alongside the Walmart parking lot and across the grassy right-of-way before striking the valve.
  — Juan A. Lozano and Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
• Running through its length was the four-track bed of the New York Central, which lay in a right-of-way that had been turned over to the railroad by the city half a century before.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• The city does not charge restaurants a fee to use the city right-of-way areas as dining spots, but may want to consider doing so, the staff report states.
  — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2023
• Numerous cliff failures have occurred in Del Mar in recent years, where the tracks follow a narrow right-of-way as high as 60 feet above the beach.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• Today, the depot is a museum, and the old railroad right-of-way is the popular Iron Horse Regional Trail.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 15 July 2024
• Sheehy said the city’s right-of-way, upon which sidewalks would be installed, can extend up to 29 feet from the road and onto residents’ lawns.
  — cleveland, 20 July 2023
• The projects are within city right-of-way, and were suggested by residents or businesses.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
• The state Coastal Resources Management Council will decide whether or not to designate it as a public right-of-way.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
• Only the Del Mar right-of-way remains unfenced because of the strident opposition there.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
• Also, city employees were asked to put together a fee system, so the city can soon start charging rent for the ones that have been built on parking spots in the public road right-of-way.
  — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
• State officials said right-of-way agents worked with the roller skating rink’s owners and compensated them for the property.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2024
• Here's what to know The ultimate plan for the city is to build an urban forest using a mix of native trees that can stand up to the poor soils of parking lot gardens and public right-of-ways, and to build a full canopy for the city.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2023
• However, the narrow right-of-way at places like Del Mar creates bottlenecks that slow the entire corridor.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
• If the city approves removal, developers must replace the tree onsite or pay into the city’s tree fund and plant additional trees in the public right-of-way.
  — oregonlive, 15 July 2023
• Tents and the piles of garbage and debris their inhabitants generate again started to conspicuously crop up near on-ramps and along rights-of-way since that work ceased.
  — oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2023
• One of them would focus on minimizing safety hazards for traffic control workers who do their jobs in the public right-of-way.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
• New this year: There will be no reserving, staking, taping off or marking off viewing areas that are for the public right-of-way prior to 4:30 p.m. July 3.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2023
• The paved trail passes through Dublin pretty much in a straight line and is absolutely level, running along the 1890s Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
• Energy Fuels has defended the shipments, noting that the route falls within state and federal rights-of-way.
  — Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
• Atmos is responsible for the gas lines and infrastructure that are largely in public right-of-ways, such as under streets and sidewalks.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
• Gould agrees that other areas should be considered for solar projects before farmland, like brownfields, rights-of-way and warehouse roofs.
  — Izzy Ross, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2023
• The focus on Hawaiian Electric’s role in managing brush in its right-of-way could strengthen claims of negligence against the utility, which is facing an onslaught of lawsuits.
  — Michael Biesecker, Jennifer McDermott, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024