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:4 <br />observe Railroads' rules and regulations with respect thereto. All work <br />upon said project shall be done at such times and in such manner as not <br />to interfere with or endanger the operations of Railroads. <br />9. Upon completion of construction of the Project, local agencies at <br />their expense shall maintain all streets and shall maintain those portions <br />of said underpass structures beneath the bridge seats or bearings, including <br />piles, footings, piers, abutments and bulkheads, and shall maintain all <br />roadway approaches, lighting, drainage, pumping installations, landscaping <br />and any other street or highway facilities. Railroads, at their expense, <br />shall maintain Railroads' tracks, roadbed, railroad drainage, areas of grade <br />crossings within lines situated parallel to and two feet outside the rails, <br />those portions of underpass structures above the bottom surface of bridge <br />bearings, and all other Railroad appurtenances. <br />10. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the <br />successors and assigns of Railroads, and upon the assigns of local agencies. <br />11. This Agreement shall terminate unless a construction contract for the <br />Project is awarded by local agencies within three years from the effective <br />date hereof. <br />PART IV - PETITION TO THE ICC REQUESTING APPROVAL OF JOINT TRACKAGE <br />AGREEMENT AND ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN PACIFIC <br />TRACKAGE <br />1. Railroads will file all necessary applications with the ICC requesting <br />authority for the track abandonments and joint trackage rights agreements <br />required for implementation of the Project. It is understood that the <br />ICC has sole jurisdiction to authorize said abandonment and grant joint <br />trackage rights. <br />14 <br />