Illinois Highway and Utility Rights-of-Way
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
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Please log into the webinar 10-15 minutes before start time.
Thursday, June 25, 2026
9:00 am – 4:00 pm CDT
Agenda:
Presented by Brian J. Fischer, PLS
Understanding Highway Rights-of-Way
- Types of public and private roads in Illinois
- Interstate highways, federal highways, state highways, county and local roads
- Private roads
- Identifying potential rights-of-way
- Negotiating and valuing rights –of-way
- Condemnation process
- Rights included in right-of-way
- Landowner rights
- Maintenance of right-of-way
- Alterations and encroachments
Understanding Illinois Utility Facilities, Easements and Rights of Way
- Current law on utility equipment and rights of way
- Federal laws and regulations
- State laws and regulations
- Types of utilities, facilities and rights-of-way/easements
- Electric, water, natural gas, telecommunications, satellite communications
- Basis for and definition of the right-of-way/easement
- Encroachments and interferences
- Maintenance Environmental issues
- Condemnation law
- Current issues involving utility easements
Webinar Instructions
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Credits
Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Land Surveyors
6.0 PDHs
Attorneys
Pending
APA/AICP - American Planning Association/American Institute of Certified Planners
6.0 CM
Continuing Education Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 PDHs for professional engineers and land surveyors in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation-Division of Professional Regulation does not pre-approve individual courses or programs.
This course has been submitted to the MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois for accreditation and is currently pending. This course listing will be updated regarding pending credits.
HalfMoon Education is an approved CM Provider with the American Planning Association. This course is registered for CM | 6 for Certified Planners.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
*On-Demand Credits*
The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format may not be eligible for the same credits as the live presentation; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate.
Speakers
Brian J. Fischer, PLS
Director of Surveying with THD Design Group, Inc. in Chesterfield, MOMr. Fischer has over 30 years of experience in the survey field, performing a variety of survey types for residential, municipal, commercial, industrial and government agency clients. He has experience in survey instrumentation and computer aided drafting (CAD) programs, as well as office and survey programs such as Trimble Office, Carlson and Civil 3D. Management experience includes overseeing drafting and field crews, as well as a branch office for an Oil and Gas services firm in southeast Texas. A former adjunct faculty member for the Engineering Department at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, he holds professional land surveyor licenses in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi and Texas.
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