Section 761.150.4. General requirements for primary road extensions.

       150.4(1) Signing.

        a.           The department shall be responsible for permanent traffic control signing on primary road extensions.

        b.           The department shall not be responsible for construction and maintenance work zone signing unless the work is being done by the department.

        c.           The department shall not be responsible for street name signs, any regulatory parking signs which denote special regulations as may be determined by the city in cooperation with the department, and those signs which regulate parking as to time, hours and days of the week.

        d.           The department shall not be responsible for signs facing traffic on primary road extensions which regulate traffic movements on city cross streets (one-way traffic).

        e.           “Business District” signs on primary road extensions may be permitted upon application by the city to the department.

        f.            All signing within the right-of-way shall conform to the MUTCD.

       150.4(2) Encroachments or obstructions.

        a.           The department shall expect the city to remove any existing encroachment or obstruction and prevent any further encroachment or obstruction within the right-of-way. This includes private signs within the right-of-way.

        b.           The department shall expect the city to prevent the erection on private property of any private sign, awning, marquee, etc., which will overhang the right-of-way and obstruct the view of any portion of the road or the traffic signs or traffic control devices located thereon in such a manner as to render it dangerous within the meaning of Iowa Code section 319.10.

        c.           No overhanging sign shall be permitted within two feet of the inside edge of the curb.

       150.4(3) Pedestrian, equestrian, and bicycle routes (sidewalks).

        a.           The department shall remove and replace portions of existing routes as required by construction.

        b.           The department will consider the impacts to pedestrian accommodation at all stages of the project development process and encourage pedestrian accommodation efforts when pedestrian accommodation is impacted by highway construction. The cost of pedestrian accommodation made at the time of the highway improvement may be considered an additional roadway construction cost. Providing pedestrian accommodation independent of a highway construction project may be considered with construction funding obtained from local jurisdictions or other federal and non-road use tax state sources.

        c.           If a project is initiated by the department, the department shall fund 100 percent of all curb ramps within the right-of-way of primary road extensions to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If a project is initiated by a local jurisdiction, the department may participate by funding 55 percent of the cost of constructing curb ramps on existing sidewalks within the right-of-way of primary road extensions to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. However, departmental participation shall not exceed $250,000 per year for any one local jurisdiction and $5 million per year in total.

       150.4(4) Overpasses and underpasses for pedestrian, equestrian, and bicycle routes.

        a.           During initial construction of freeways and other relocated primary road extensions and when user-volumes and topographic conditions warrant the construction of a separation, the cost shall be shared between the department and the city on the basis of the current U-STEP cost apportionment.

        b.           The department may participate in a city-initiated separation as an unscheduled project.

       150.4(5) Utility relocation and removal.

        a.           Except as otherwise provided by paragraph “b” of this subrule, the department shall expect the city to relocate or cause to be relocated, without cost to the department, all utilities necessary for construction when these utilities are within the existing street or alley right-of-way. The department shall reimburse the owner of a utility which is located on private right-of-way for the costs of relocation or removal, including the costs of installation in a new location.

        b.           Iowa Code section 306A.10 authorizes the department to pay the costs of relocation or removal, including the costs of installation in a new location, of utilities within existing street right-of-way when determined necessary for the construction of a project on routes of the national system of interstate and defense highways or resulting from interstate substitutions in a qualified metropolitan area. In accordance with Iowa Code section 306A.12, no reimbursement shall be made for any relocation or removal of facilities unless funds to be provided by federal aid amount to at least 85 percent of each reimbursement payment.

        c.           The department shall expect the city to comply with the utility accommodation policy of the department, as adopted in 761—Chapter 115.

        d.           The term “utility” shall be as defined in Iowa Code section 306A.13.

       150.4(6) Project concept statements and predesign project agreements for proposed construction projects.

        a.           As early as possible after an urban project is included in the department’s “Five-Year Construction Program,” a concept statement for the project shall be developed and shall be reviewed with the officials of the city prior to the public hearing.

        b.          During the design process, a predesign project agreement may be submitted to city officials for their approval. It shall include:

       (1)             A preliminary description of the project,

       (2)             The general concepts of the project,

       (3)             Responsibilities for right-of-way acquisition, storm sewer costs and utility adjustment costs,

       (4)             The parking and access control restrictions to be applied to the project, and

       (5)             Financial participation above minimum standards.

       150.4(7) Preconstruction project agreements for proposed construction projects.

        a.           The department shall maintain a close liaison with the city during the development of the project plan so that all parties will be fully informed of the details involved in the proposed improvement.

        b.           When the plan is sufficiently complete to provide typical cross sections, plan and profile drawings and incidental details, the department shall submit a preconstruction project agreement, which shall include known design data, to city officials for their approval. Terms for reimbursement to the state and local financial participation shall be stated in this agreement.

        c.           Modifications to this agreement necessitated by design changes encountered during construction shall be made by extra work order agreed to in writing by the city, the contractor, and the department.

       150.4(8) Reverting primary road extensions. Rescinded IAB 10/2/02, effective 11/6/02.

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 306.4, 313.21 to 313.24, 313.27, 313.36, 314.5 and 314.6, and chapters 306A and 319.

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