Section 72-6-107 requires that any construction or improvement project whose estimated cost for labor and materials exceeds the Bid Limit defined in Section 72-6-109 shall be performed under contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Construction or improvement projects with estimated costs for labor and materials lower than that Bid Limit may be performed by force account. That same section directs the Department to establish a procedure whereby evidence that a region violated that law may be heard and also directs the Department to establish sanctions for a region found to be in violation. This rule establishes those procedures and sanctions. 

Section 72-1-201 assigns to the Utah Department of Transportation general responsibility for the maintenance of the state transportation system, and directs the department to make policy and rules governing the same in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. Sections 72-3-102, 72-3-103, and 72-3-104 assign maintenance responsibility for Class A Roads (state roads), Class B Roads (county roads), and Class C Roads (city streets), to the state, counties, and municipalities, respectively. Section 72-1-208 directs the department to cooperate with counties and municipalities in the maintenance of highways and allows the Department to provide maintenance services to them under terms mutually agreed upon.  Section 72-3-109 delineates the division of responsibilities for state highways within cities and towns. Section 72-6-105 provides that the department may enter into written agreements with counties and municipalities for the maintenance of any highway.

Sections 72-6-401, 72-6-402, and 72-6-403 enact the "Highway Sponsorship Programs" and define the parameters around which sponsorship programs may be operated by the Department.  Section 72-6-403 directs the Department to make and enforce rules governing certain aspects of such programs. Sponsorship programs allow for private sponsorship of Department operational activities, facilities or highway-related services and programs. The purpose of the sponsorship of a roadside facility or traveler service program is to provide a product, service, or monetary contribution which will generate an ongoing revenue stream or cost savings to support the operation and maintenance of the Department's network of roadside facilities and/or of its traveler service programs.

(1)This rule is made under authority of Subsection 72-1-201(1)(h) and Subsection 63G-3-201(3). As required by 28 CFR 35.107, the Utah Department of Transportation, as a public entity that employs more than 50 persons, adopts and publishes the grievance procedures within this rule for the prompt and equitable resolution of complaints alleging any action prohibited by Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended(2). The purpose of this rule is to implement the provisions of 28 CFR 35 which in turn implements Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act which provides, in part, that no individual shall be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by the department because of a disability.

The purpose of this rule is to adopt standards and establish specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices used on all highways open to public travel, to establish criteria and specifications for the establishment, location, and operation of school crosswalks, school zones, and reduced speed school zones, and to establish specifications for uniform signage or markings to clearly identify school bus parking zones. This rule is authorized and required by Sections 41-6a-301, 41-6a-303 and 41-6a-1307.

The purpose of this rule is to establish the conditions under which the Utah Department of Transportation and law enforcement agencies will require traction devices to traverse highway segments impacted by winter weather. The use of traction devices when conditions warrant increases the likelihood that drivers are able to safely traverse the road and reduces the likelihood that drivers create a hazard or hamper road maintenance.

This rule provides specifications governing the design and use of special flashing lights on vehicles engaged in highway construction and maintenance operations. 

Using the criteria for state highways as provided in Section 72-4-102.5, the Utah Department of Transportation will determine whether to recommend the addition of or deletion from the state highway system a roadway or segment of roadway. The purpose of this rule is to establish the following: (1)A process for a highway authority to propose additions to or deletions from the state highway system, and (2)A procedure for evaluating requested additions to or deletions from the state highway system. 

The purpose of this rule is to increase the State's ability to carry out improvements on state highways by allowing counties and municipalities to provide local matching dollars or participate through other methods (such as providing right-of-way). This rule is required by Section 72-2-123(1) and is enacted under the authority of Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act and Section 72-1-201. 

This rule serves to establish highway access management procedures and standards to protect Utah's state highway system. The state highway system constitutes a valuable resource and a major public investment. The Utah Department of Transportation (Department) has an obligation and a public-trust responsibility to preserve and maintain the state highway system, protect the public investment in this system, and to ensure the continued use of state highways in meeting state, regional, and local transportation needs and interests. This rule also serves to establish a procedure for allowing and establishing new or existing highways as limited-access facilities for the elimination of intersections and for the right to access restricted facilities. 

The Department has the authority to detect, investigate, eliminate, and enforce against any non-stormwater discharge (including illegal dumping) to its drainage systems and within its right-of-way. The Department also has the authority to create an effective regulatory mechanism to implement actions that meet the requirements of the Department's Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (UPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit.