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FHWA Publishes Proposed Update to MUTCD in Federal Register 8/2/2011

The Federal Highway Administration today published proposed rules updating the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). AASHTO is encouraging members to review the proposed changes and to make their opinions known.

In December 2009, FHWA released an updated version of the MUTCD that contained many new provisions, including a change of language that made it more difficult for states to use "engineering judgment" in the application of the MUTCD. AASHTO and its member states opposed the 2009 changes to that language and we have worked closely with FHWA to restore the "engineering judgment" language. The publishing of the proposed rules in the Federal Register is the first step in that process. Here are direct links to the proposed rules published in today's Federal Register:

Federal Highway Administration

PROPOSED RULES

National Standards for Traffic Control Devices:
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; Revision, 46213-46216 [2011-19511] [TEXT] [PDF]

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