Department of Transportation

Division of Planning and Policy

proposed

PUBLIC NOTICE

2309 Standards and Regulations for Subdivision Streets and State Highway Access

Background

As authorized under 17 Del.C. §§132(e), 507, 508, and 29 Del.C. §8404(8), inter alia, the Delaware Department of Transportation, ("DelDOT"), through its Division of Planning and Public Policy, seeks to adopt significant general revisions to its existing regulations regarding subdivisions streets and state highway access, not least of which to broaden the title of the regulations to "Development Coordination Manual," among other changes.

The current regulations were generally enacted in 2007, and were revised in partial form in 2010. The proposed regulations are a comprehensive re-write of the entire Section 2309 of title 2 of the Delaware Administrative Code. The changes take into account the issues and concerns identified and addressed as needing amendment by not only DelDOT staff, but also the end users of the current regulations.

Almost all of the new suggested text should be considered regulatory. Those portions of the revised Section 2309 that are intended to be relied upon as only guidance are clearly identified as such.

Public Comment Period

DelDOT will take written comments on these proposed general revisions to Section 2309 of title 2, Delaware Administrative Code, from May 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014. In addition, in the June 1 Delaware Register, and in other publications, DelDOT will announce the location, date, and time for a public workshop on the proposed revisions.

Any questions or comments regarding this document should be directed to:

Marc Cote, P.E., Assistant Director, Planning Development Coordination

Delaware Department of Transportation

P.O. Box 778

Dover, DE 19903

(302) 760 -2122 (phone)

(302) 739-2251 (fax)

Marc.cote@state.de.us

Please Note: Due to the size of the proposed regulation it is not being published here. The following links to the several parts of the proposed regulation are provided below:

Preface (http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2014/proposed/Preface.pdf)

Chapter 1 Access Standards (http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2014/proposed/Chap1.pdf)

Chapter 2 Traffic Analysis and Improvements (http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2014/proposed/Chap2.pdf)

Chapter 3 Record Plan Design (http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2014/proposed/Chap3.pdf)

Chapter 4 Construction Plans (http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2014/proposed/Chap4.pdf)

Chapter 5 Design Elements (http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2014/proposed/Chap5.pdf)

Chapter 6 Construction Administration (http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2014/proposed/Chap6.pdf)

Chapter 7 Residential Access (http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2014/proposed/Chap7.pdf)

Chapter 8 Miscellaneous Access Guidelines (http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/may2014/proposed/Chap8.pdf)