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Current through June, 2024
PREFACE Supplemental Guide Signs on limited access facilities
				shall conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Signs and Devices
				adopted under Title
				23 V.S.A. Section
				1025, and shall follow the American
				Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials' (AASHTO)
				"Guidelines for the Selection of Supplemental Guide Signs for Traffic
				Generators Adjacent to Freeways" as closely as possible.
Section I
Only one supplemental guide sign may be on each interchange
				approach, unless a greater number is permitted by law. If used, it is normally
				installed as an independent guide assembly and shall contain no more than two
				names each, unless a greater number is permitted by law.
Section II
Pursuant to Title
				10 V.S.A. Section
				494(13), the Travel
				Information Council hereby establishes the following criteria and priorities
				for the selection of facilities to be named on "Supplemental Guide Signs" on
				limited access highways, and establishes the process by which sign applications
				are reviewed and approved.
Priority No.
1. Towns
			 and cities which are also accessible at the particular exit but which are not
			 named on the primary guide sign shall receive first priority for space on the
			 Supplemental Guide Signs. These shall be determined by the Agency of
			 Transportation Traffic and Safety Division.
Priority No.
2. International Airports shall receive
			 second priority for space on the Supplemental Guide Signs.
Priority No.
3. If space remains unused on the
			 Supplemental Guide Sign, after signing towns, cities and international
			 airports, that space shall be used to identify facilities selected according to
			 the applicable statutes and factors listed below so travelers are best directed
			 to their destination in the safest possible manner with the least number of
			 signs.
Where two or more eligible facilities compete for the same
				space, the Travel Information Council shall approve a facility after
				considering the following factors:
- one facility has a greater number of annual visitors than the
				other facility;
- the removal of the name of a facility from an existing sign
				would tend to cause confusion to the traveling public as to the continued
				existence of that facility;
- one of the facilities is difficult to locate;
- whether one facility better serves as a drawing attraction to
				an area;
- a facility is eligible under more than one of the following
				categories; nonprofit museum, nonprofit diploma granting educational
				institution for the language delayed, post-secondary educational institution,
				major tourist attraction, or point of scenic, historic, cultural, agricultural
				or religious interest.
A visitor is defined as a non-habitual user of an eligible
				facility or person not familiar with the area. This definition excludes, but
				the exclusion is not limited to:
- full-time/part-time employees and volunteers;
- regular delivery or service persons;
- habitual users of an eligible facility or persons familiar
				with the area who are members, season pass-holders, or students of the
				applicant/facility; and
- customers who solely use a facility's restaurant or retail
				establishment.
Facilities will outline in their application the method used to
				determine the number of visitors. The Travel Information Council shall approve
				the method used to count visitors. All visitor counts shall be subject to
				verification.