2 Del. Admin. Code § 5A.01
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 5, November 1, 2024
Standard:
01 (DE Revision) A low-volume road shall be defined for this Part of the Manual as follows:A. A low-volume road shall be a facility lying outside of built-up areas of cities, towns, and communities, and it shall have a traffic volume of less than 400 AADT.B. A low-volume road shall not be a freeway, an expressway, an interchange ramp, a freeway service road, a road on a designated State highway system, a state-maintained roadway, or a residential street in a neighborhood. In terms of highway classification, it shall be a variation of a conventional road or a special purpose road as defined in Section 1A.13.C. A low-volume road shall be classified as either paved or unpaved. Support:
02 Low-volume roads typically include agricultural, recreational, resource management and development such as mining and logging and grazing, and local roads in rural areas. Guidance:
03 The needs of unfamiliar road users for occasional, recreational, and commercial transportation purposes should be considered. Support:
04 At some locations on low-volume roads, the use of traffic control devices might be needed to provide the road user limited, but essential, information regarding regulation, guidance, and warning.05 Other Parts of this Manual contain provisions applicable to all low-volume roads; however, Part 5 specifically supplements and references the provisions for traffic control devices commonly used on low-volume roads.2 Del. Admin. Code § 5A.01