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DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS OF <br /> ENTRY INTO THE RIGHTS OF WAY <br /> As more users seek to enter the rights of way, public safety concerns intensify and <br /> management costs escalate. With each additional entrant into the rights of way, local governments <br /> face increased road replacement costs. Local governments and citizens also face indirect costs such <br /> as increased travel time, loss of access and trade to local businesses, and increased noise pollution <br /> and visual intrusion. The rent occupants pay to local governments for the permanent use of the <br /> rights of way helps to defray only a portion of these costs. Without the ability to receive fair and <br /> reasonable compensation for the use of the public rights of way from all private users, local <br /> governments will be forced to raise taxes in order to cover the increased rights of way costs <br /> associated with telecommunications competition. <br />