Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 92 - SECONDARY STREET ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 24VAC30-92-120 - Design and agreement requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. General requirements. Most criteria
				addressing the design of new streets can be found in the Road Design Manual,
				2011 (VDOT) and its Appendix B (1), the Subdivision Street Design Guide.
				However, the following provisions are provided for guidance, particularly in
				regard to features that require agreements or formal acknowledgements of the
				governing body before VDOT's acceptance of the street or streets within a
				development.
When an agreement is required between the local governing
				  body and the department as a prerequisite to the acceptance of a street,
				  nothing in these requirements shall preclude the local governing body from
				  entering into separate agreements with other entities to fulfill its
				  responsibilities. However, if the provisions are intended to ensure the safety
				  of the public using the street, the department reserves the right to approve
				  the involvement of the other party or parties.
All streets functionally classified as local shall have a
				  design speed equal to the posted speed limit, except for streets functionally
				  classified as local with a projected traffic volume of 400 vehicles per day or
				  less, which may have a design speed less than the posted speed limit.
The department, locality, and developer shall take measures
				  to minimize the impacts of through traffic on streets functionally classified
				  as local and accepted into the secondary system of state highways under these
				  regulations. Such measures shall include initial street designs that manage
				  motor vehicle speed to match local context.
B. Geometric requirements. Geometric
				requirements for new streets are established in the Road Design Manual, 2011
				(VDOT) and its Appendix B (1), the Subdivision Street Design Guide. Sufficient
				off-street parking must be provided by the local governing body in accordance
				with this chapter if streets in a proposed network addition are constructed in
				accordance with design requirements for streets with off-street
				parking.
C. Turn lanes. Left or
				right turn lanes shall be provided at intersections when the department
				determines that projected turning movements warrant their installation. These
				facilities shall be designed in accordance with the Road Design Manual, 2011
				(VDOT) and its Appendix B (1), the Subdivision Street Design Guide and, if
				necessary, additional right-of-way shall be provided to accommodate these
				facilities.
D. Pavement structure.
1. Pavement design. The pavement structure
				for new streets shall be in accordance with the Pavement Design Guide for
				Subdivision and Secondary Roads in Virginia, 2009 (VDOT), including any
				prescribed underdrains. Prior to construction of the pavement sub-base and
				finish courses, the district administrator's designee shall approve the
				proposed pavement design.
2.
				Special pavement surfaces. The district administrator's designee may approve
				special pavement surfaces, such as the use of stamped pavement. However, if the
				pavement design is a type not addressed by the Pavement Design Guide for
				Subdivision and Secondary Roads in Virginia, 2009 (VDOT), an agreement shall be
				provided by the governing body that addresses the future maintenance of such
				pavement.
3. Pavement additions to
				existing streets. When an existing VDOT-maintained roadway is to be widened to
				accommodate additional lanes or the addition of turn lanes, the necessary
				pavement design shall be obtained from the district administrator's designee
				and the entire surface of the roadway (old and new portions) may be required to
				be overlaid and restriped if required by the district administrator's designee.
				The district administrator's designee shall not require the entire surface of
				the roadway to be overlaid and restriped when the only pavement addition to the
				existing roadway was for bicycle lanes unless extenuating circumstances require
				that the entire surface of the roadway be overlaid and restriped.