Section 229-220-5 - Reimbursement of utility facility owners by local entities1. On eligible projects where MaineDOT has agreed to perform coordination of underground relocation, a local entity will pay utility facility owners for the difference between the cost of underground relocation of existing overhead utilities in eligible reimbursement areas and the cost that those utility facility owners would have incurred to relocate those same facilities if they were relocated above ground. Utility facility owners will calculate this difference by subtracting their estimated cost for relocating above ground from their estimated cost for relocating underground.2. The MaineDOT will not reimburse for costs associated with any action that results in a betterment, or that generates costs associated with improvements to, or extension of, service, as determined by MaineDOT. The cost for any such betterment, expansion or improvement must be borne by the owners of the utility facilities.17-229 C.M.R. ch. 220, § 5