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<br />B. All State highways or portions thereof which have been designated by the Texas <br />Transportation Commission or maintained and operated as Controlled Access Highways and <br />which are described and/or graphically shown in Exhibit liB," which is attached hereto and <br />made a part hereof. <br /> <br />2. In the event that the present system of State highways within the City is changed by cancellation, <br />modified routing, or new routes, the State will terminate maintenance and operation and this <br />agreement will become null and void on those portions of the highways which are no longer on <br />the State Highway System; and the full effect and all conditions of this agreement will apply to <br />the changed highways or new highways on the State Highway System within the City; and they <br />shall be classified as "State Maintained and Operated" under paragraph 1 above, unless the <br />execution of a new agreement on the changed or new portions of the highways is requested by <br />either the City or the State. <br /> <br />3. Exhibits that are a part of this agreement may be exchanged with both parties' written concurrence. <br />Additional exhibits may, also be added with both parties' written concurrence. <br /> <br />GENERAL CONDITIONS <br /> <br />1. The City authorizes the State to maintain and operate the State highways covered by this <br />agreement in the manner set out herein. <br /> <br />2. This agreement is between the State and the City only. No person or entity may claim third party <br />beneficiary status under this contract or any of its provisions, nor may any non-party sue for <br />personal injuries or property damage under this contract. <br /> <br />3. This agreement is for the purpose of defining the authority and responsibility of both parties for <br />maintenance and operation of State highways through the City. This agreement shall supplement <br />any special agreements between the State and the City for the maintenance, operation, and/or <br />construction of the State highways covered herein, and this agreement shall supersede any existing <br />Municipal Maintenance Agreements. <br /> <br />4. Traffic regulations, including speed limits, will be established only after traffic and engineering <br />studies have been completed by the State and/or City and approved by the State. <br /> <br />5. The State will erect and maintain all traffic signs and associated pavement markings necessary to <br />regulate, warn, and guide traffic on State highways within the State right-of-way except as <br />mentioned in this paragraph and elsewhere in this agreement. At the intersections of off-system <br />approaches to State highways, the City shall install and maintain all stop signs, yield signs, and <br />one-way signs and any necessary stop or yield bars and pedestrian crosswalks outside the main <br />lanes or outside the frontage roads, if such exist. The City shall install and maintain all street <br />name signs except for those mounted on State maintained traffic signal poles or arms or special <br />advance street name signs on State right-of-way. All new signs installed by the City on State <br />right-of-way shall meet or exceed the latest state breakaway standards and be in accordance with <br />the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, latest edition and revision. All existing <br />signs shall be upgraded on a maintenance replacement basis to meet these requirements. <br /> <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />