N.M. Admin. Code § 19.2.20.11

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024

Section 19.2.20.11 - ROAD MAINTENANCE STANDARDS

"Maintenance" is the upkeep necessary for the safe and efficient utilization of roads on state trust lands. Right-of-way grantees and lessees shall be responsible for preventative and/or corrective road maintenance of the relevant road until assignment or abandonment and rehabilitation of the road. This maintenance may include, but not be limited to, the items listed below:

A. Roadbed.

(1) Roadbeds shall be reasonably smooth and reasonably free of ruts, dust pockets, soft spots, chuckholes, rocks, slides and washboards.

(2) No berms shall be permitted along shoulders.

(3) The integrity of the surfacing material shall be maintained.

(4) Roadbed width shall be kept to the approximate original dimensions.

B. Shoulders. Road shoulders shall be straight and present a uniform line with the surface free from large rocks, limbs or stumps.

C. Ditches, Culverts and Drainage Dips.

(1) Original cross section of roads shall be maintained. Drainage area shall be kept clear of rocks, slides and sediments.

(2) Vegetation or sedimentation shall not restrict ditch or culvert flow or reduce the waterway area.

(3) Ditch bottoms shall be stable and not excessively eroded.

(4) Back-sloped areas above ditches shall be stable terrain.

(5) Drainage dips shall be maintained to constructed design.

D. Other Related Road Features. Right of ways shall be free of excessive or objectional litter, signs, etc. as determined by the SLO LUS in concert with the grantee.

E. Fences, Gates and Cattleguards.

(1) Posts are to be sound, plumb and secure.

(2) Wire shall be tight and securely fastened to the posts.

(3) Stays shall be uniformly spaced and vertical between posts and affixed to keep the strands properly spaced.

(4) Rock deadmen shall be properly secured to the fence.

(5) Gates shall be adequate to turn the class of livestock in the pasture at the time the road was first constructed and easily opened and closed.

(6) Cattleguard pits shall be clean and functional. End wings shall be securely fastened and serviceable. Guards and bases must be maintained in serviceable condition.

(7) Cattleguard approaches shall be maintained to provide a smooth transition.

F. Ford and Low Crossings.

(1) There shall be a smooth transition between roads and fords.

(2) No excessive erosion adjacent to fords shall be allowed.

(3) The surface of fords shall be clear of debris, brush, rocks and sediment.

(4) Bottoms of ford crossings shall be level with the stream bottoms.

G. Safety and Hazard Control.

(1) Travel way and ditches shall be kept free of shrubs, trees and other obstacles and shall be free of overhanging trees and limbs. No down trees or branches shall be in the ditch area.

(2) Unstable material above roadways shall be removed or stabilized.

N.M. Admin. Code § 19.2.20.11

12/31/99; 19.2.20.11 NMAC - Rn, 19 NMAC 2. SLO 20.11, 09/30/02