Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 37 - Transportation and Highways › Part 1 - Mississippi Department of Transportation › Subpart 7601 - Traffic Engineering Division › Chapter 00800 - Specific Service Signs › Construction and Maintenance › Section 37-1-7601-00800-800 - General

Current through June 25, 2024
1.
Existing System
Specific service signs, business signs, and trailblazer signs in place and
					 scheduled for installation, replacement, or maintenance shall continue to be
					 the responsibility of MDOT or MDOT's Contractor after execution of the
					 Contract. All logo program signs, except business signs, shall remain or become
					 the property of MDOT. MDOT's approval of the construction shall constitute
					 transfer of ownership of new signs and supports to MDOT. MDOT's Contractor
					 shall not own any sign systems within MDOT right-of-way.
2.
New Sign
					 Construction
Marketing efforts required of MDOT or MDOT's
					 Contractor, new location availabilities and the allowance of Attraction signs,
					 will require new signs to be installed and possible modifications or removal of
					 existing signs. It is the responsibility of MDOT or MDOT's Contractor to
					 perform necessary business and sign inventories and integrate new sign
					 construction or modifications into the Logo Sign Inventory.
3.
Inventory
MDOT
					 maintains records of specific service signs and business signs; however, it is
					 MDOT's Contractor's responsibility to develop a field inventory of all existing
					 signs showing location, size, and type of signs in place at or prior to the
					 time of contract execution. This basic information is required to determine
					 necessary sign modification, addition, or replacement required as a result of
					 the marketing process. MDOT's Contractor shall maintain and update said
					 inventory on a regular basis each quarter.
4.
Sight Clearing
a. All existing, modified, or added specific
					 service signs or trailblazer locations shall be cleared or provided to allow
					 full view by an approaching motorist of total sign surfaces at the distances
					 shown below:
b. MDOT or MDOT's
					 Contractor shall flag the trees to be cut prior to submitting a site plan. An
					 approved site plan shall be obtained from the MDOT Program Administrator prior
					 to performing any tree, limb, brush, vegetation, or any other clearing
					 operations. Under NO circumstances shall MDOT or MDOT's Contractor cut, trim,
					 or alter in any form magnolia trees that exist on state right-of-way.
c. Because MDOT's Contractor will pay MDOT
					 for the marketable timber cut in accordance with an approved site plan, the
					 MDOT Program Administrator will initiate a cruise of said timber. Upon receipt
					 of the cruise document(s), the MDOT Program Administrator shall submit the
					 cruise document(s) to MDOT's Contractor for payment. MDOT's Contractor shall
					 make the check payable to the MDOT Program Administrator. Approval of the site
					 plan by the MDOT Program Administrator will be contingent upon receipt of
					 payment for the marketable timber.
d. It will be the responsibility of MDOT's
					 Contractor to dispose of the vegetation cut or trimmed in accordance with an
					 approved site plan. The right-of-way shall be cleared of the vegetation and all
					 stumps cut flush with the surrounding surface. MDOT's Contractor shall strictly
					 adhere to the approved traffic control plan for such operations.