Federal Regulations

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  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2003-15149 (December 21, 2007): Final rule on maintaining traffic sign retroreflectivity, published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2007 with an effective date of January 22, 2008. This final rule establishes the minimum levels of retroreflectivity that must be maintained for traffic signs.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2006-25203 (December 5, 2007): Final rule on temporary traffic control devices, published in the Federal Register on December 5, 2007 with an effective date of December 4, 2008. This rule supplements existing regulations that govern work zone safety and mobility in highway and street work zones to include conditions for the appropriate use of, and expenditure of funds for, uniformed law enforcement officers, positive protective measures between workers and motorized traffic, and installation and maintenance of temporary traffic control devices during construction, utility, and maintenance operations.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2005–23200 (November 24, 2006): Final rule on high-visibility safety apparel, published in the Federal Register on November 24, 2006 with an effective date of November 24, 2008. This rule is in response to the section 1402 of SAFETEA-LU and requires all workers to wear high-visibility safety apparel while working within the rights-of-way of Federal-aid highways.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2005–23328 (May 25, 2006): Announcing the implementation plan for the Highways for LIFE (HfL) Pilot Program outlined in Section 1502 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU). The purpose of the HfL Pilot Program is to accelerate the rate of adoption of innovations and technologies, thereby improving safety and highway quality while reducing congestion caused by construction.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2001–11130 (September 9, 2004): Final rule on Work Zone Safety and Mobility, published in the Federal Register (69 FR 54562) on September 9, 2004 with an effective date of October 12, 2007. The changes to the regulation will facilitate comprehensive consideration of the broader safety and mobility impacts of work zones across project development, and the implementation of appropriate strategies that help manage these impacts during project delivery. These provisions will help State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) meet current and future work zone safety and mobility challenges, and serve the needs of the American people. (See FHWA's Work Zone Safety and Mobility Rule web site for presentations, final rule language, informational materials, examples of rule implementation, and guidance on implementing the rule, etc.)
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  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2006-25203 (November 1, 2006): Requesting for comments on the FHWA's proposal to supplement its regulation that governs work zone safety and mobility in highway and street work zones to include conditions for the appropriate use of, and expenditure of funds for, uniformed law enforcement officers, positive protective measures between workers and motorized traffic, and installation and maintenance of temporary traffic control devices during construction, utility, and maintenance operations.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2003-15149 (May 8, 2006): Requesting for comments on the FHWA's proposal to amend the MUTCD to include a standard for minimum maintained levels of traffic sign retroreflectivity and methods to maintain traffic sign retroreflectivity at or above these levels.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2005–23200 (April 24, 2006): Requesting for comments on the FHWA's proposal to require the use of high-visibility safety apparel for workers who are working within the Federal-aid highway rights-of-way.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2005–23328 (December 30, 2005): Requesting for comments on the proposed implementation of Highways for LIFE Pilot Program.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2001–11130 (May 13, 2004): A Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rule Making for the Work Zone Safety and Mobility Rule. This rule will provide a framework for improving the way we do business regarding work zone implementation and management. Improved work zone practices resulting from the rule will save lives and improve mobility.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2001-11159 (November 20, 2003): To revise standards, guidance, options, and supporting information relating to the traffic control devices in all parts of the MUTCD, to expedite traffic, promote uniformity, improve safety, and incorporate technology advances in traffic control device application and to designate the MUTCD that has incorporated these changes as the 2003 edition of the MUTCD.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2001-11130 (May 7, 2003): Requesting for comments on amending FHWA's regulation that governs traffic safety in highway and street work zones to facilitate consideration of the broader safety and mobility impacts of work zones in a more coordinated and comprehensive manner across project development stages.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA-99-6190 (November 21, 2002): Correcting the final rule on "Traffic Control Devices on Federal-Aid and Other Streets and Highways; Color Specifications for Retroreflective Sign and Pavement Marking Materials".
  • OSHA Docket # S-018 (September 12, 2002): Revising the construction industry safety standards to require that traffic control signs, signals, barricades or devices protecting workers conform to Part VI of either the 1988 Edition of the MUTCD, with 1993 revisions (Revision 3) or the Millennium Edition of the FHWA MUTCD, instead of the ANSI D6.1-1971, 1971 MUTCD.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA-99-6190 (July 31, 2002): Notice of proposed rulemaking for revising its color specifications for retroreflective sign and pavement marking materials.
  • OSHA Docket # S-018 (April 15, 2002): Requesting comments on a direct final rule of amending construction industry safety standards for signs, signals, and barricades.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2001-11130 (February 6, 2002): Advance notice of proposed rulemaking requesting for comments regarding improvements that can be made to FHWA's regulation on Traffic Safety in Highway and Street Work Zones to better address work zone mobility and safety concerns.
  • 23CFR655.603 (April 1, 2001): Adopting the MUTCD approved by FHWA as the national standard for Traffic Control Devices on Federal-Aid and Other Streets and Highways.
  • FHWA Docket No. FHWA-1999-5387 (November 1, 1999): Invitation for comments on the use by states of uniformed police officers on federal-aid highway construction projects.
  • 23CFR630 (April 1, 1999): To provide guidance and establish procedures to assure the safety of motorists, pedestrians, and construction workers on all Federal-aid construction projects.
  • FHWA Docket No. 94-17 (October 24, 1995): Establishment of the National Highway Work Zone Safety Program (NHWZSP).
  • National Highway System Designation Act of 1995: sec. 358. Safety Research Initiatives: (b) work zone safety.

Last updated: 4/30/2008

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