Florida Administrative Code › 14 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 14 - Departmental › Chapter 14-96 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM CONNECTION PERMITS › Section 14-96.008 - Construction and Maintenance of Traffic Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
All construction and maintenance on Department right of way
				  shall conform to the Federal
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
				  Devices
(MUTCD), incorporated by reference under Rule
				  14-15.010, F.A.C. All
				  construction and maintenance on Department right of way shall also conform to
				  the Department FY 2021-22
Standard Plans for Road and Bridge
				  Construction
, incorporated herein by reference at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14648
,
				  effective 08/22, and available at
https://www.fdot.gov/design/standardplans/2022/default.shtm
,
				  July 2021
Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge
				  Construction
, incorporated herein by reference at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14649
,
				  effective 08/22, and available at
https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/programmanagement/implemented/specbooks/july2021/7-21ebook.pdf?sfvrsn=9a1c9abf_8
,
				  2021 FDOT
Design Manual
, incorporated herein by reference at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14650
,
				  effective 08/22, and available at
https://www.fdot.gov/roadway/fdm/2021-FDM.shtm
,
				  or other generally accepted professional practices. With the exception of the
				  MUTCD, which already is incorporated by reference under Rule
				  14-15.010, F.A.C., the manuals
				  and standards specifically listed in this section are hereby incorporated by
				  reference and made a part of the rules of the Department of
				  Transportation.
(1)
Disruption
				of Traffic.
For safety and operational purposes, the Department may
				require or restrict hours of construction to minimize disruption of traffic on
				the State Highway System. When construction activity on a connection causes
				undue disruption of traffic or creates safety hazards on a state highway or
				facility, the District Secretary or designee shall advise the permittee of the
				need for immediate corrective action by a specified time, and may issue a stop
				work order if deemed necessary.
(2)
Connection Completion Time Limit.
Construction shall be completed
				within one year of the date of issuance of the permit. Failure to comply with
				the one year time limit shall result in an automatic expiration of the permit
				unless extended by the Department as described in Section
				335.185(2),
				F.S. A stop work order may be issued by the Department if work exceeds the
				imposed time restricitions. For any permit which expires for failure to
				construct the connection within the one year limit, the applicant shall submit
				a new application, including the payment of the required application fee prior
				to the initiation or continuation of any construction.
(3)
Assurance of Performance.
Assurance of performance pursuant to Section
				334.187, F.S., will be required
				if the permit requires extensive work within the right of way, such as
				auxiliary lanes, median modifications, relocation or modifications of
				structures, or traffic signals.
(a) Prior to
				the issuance of a permit, the applicant shall provide a security instrument in
				the estimated dollar amount of the improvements in the right of way. The
				Department shall be named as the beneficiary. The security instrument shall be
				provided to the Department before the permit is issued. The security instrument
				shall be valid for a sufficient time to cover the construction and inspection
				of the permitted work, but for not less than 18 months.
(b) The applicant shall provide the estimated
				cost of improvements on right of way in a document signed, sealed, and dated by
				a Professional Engineer licensed in the State of Florida.
(c) Security Instrument Receipt, Form
				850-040-20, incorporated by reference at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14637
,
				effective 08/22, must be used. Form 850-040-20 is available from the Department
				of Transportation's One Stop Permitting internet site at (
https://osp.fdot.gov
) and may be completed
				and submitted electronically. A copy of this form is also available upon
				request from the office of the local area Maintenance Engineer, District
				Office, Urban Area Office, or Central Office at 605 Suwannee Street, Mail
				Station 19, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450.
(d) Such security instruments shall be
				required except when a performance bond covering the work on the right of way
				is included as part of the bond necessary for development approval by the local
				governmental entity and the Department is a named beneficiary.
(e) The Department will waive the security
				instrument requirement when there is an agreement with the local governmental
				entity to withhold the certificate of occupancy until problems are corrected
				and there is no indication that the requirements of this rule chapter will be
				violated.
(f) The Department shall
				require a security instrument for any connection or access feature,
				construction, or permit activity if the activity is in relation to:
1. An unpermitted connection that is going
				through the process of becoming permitted;
2. The correction of a safety hazard caused
				by activities on the property; or
3. Modification of an existing connection or
				traffic control feature or device as per Rule
				14-96.011, F.A.C., for changed
				conditions on the property.
(g) The security instrument will be returned
				to the applicant when final inspection by the Department shows that the work
				has been completed as permitted.