TOWN OF RUTLAND

POLICY FOR TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS

 

The Select Board of the Town of Rutland, County of Rutland State of Vermont hereby adopts the following policy: Ordinance for Transportation Construction and Improvements

 

(1)             Road and road related improvements shall be constructed or installed in accordance with sound engineering practice and this policy.

(2)             The construction guidelines and standards contained as part of this policy are considered minimum and may be exceeded to meet traffic or other conditions.

(3)             All new culverts shall be a minimum of eighteen inches (18”) in diameter with the exception of drive culverts, which will be a minimum of fifteen inches (15”). New and replacement bridges and culverts will meet the 25 year event or “Q-25” standard.

(4)             Roadside ditches shall be treated to minimum erosion and to remove sediments and other pollutants from runoff water by:

a.    seeding and mulching ditches having a slope of less than 0-5 %;

b.    placing biodegradable matting and seed in ditches with slopes between 5-10 %;

c.    stone lining ditches having a slope of 10 % or greater.

(5)             All bridges shall have a minimum two-lane width.

(6)             The Select Board hereby adopts and will enforce the following construction guidelines and/or standards from the Vermont Agency of Transportation which are considered integral to this policy (ADT = Average Daily Total):

a.    A-21 Class 3 Town Highway guidelines for ADT 0 – 250 and designated scenic roads

b.    A-76 Design Standard for Town and Development Roads

c.    B-11 Design Standards for Under drain

d.    B-71 Design Standard for Residential and Commercial Drives

e.    D-2 Design Standard for Headwalls and other reinforcement

f.      D-3 Design Standard for Treated Gutters

Where these guidelines exceed the Vermont State Standards, the geometric requirements in the Vermont State Standards will govern.

 

(7)             Plans for construction showing deviations from these policies may be approved by the Select Board or its designee if it can be shown that strict adherence will cause undue hardship because of unusual site conditions. However, every effort shall be made to meet the general objectives of these policies.

(8)             Any new road, whether or not that road is proposed to be conveyed to the town, shall be constructed according to the minimums of this policy.

(9)             The Select Board or its designee shall make final decisions over all questions arising during construction of new roads.

(10)       The Select Board or its designee shall be provided with verification of compliance with these policies for all road construction and road related improvement installations. A final inspection report certifying whether the construction has been installed as approved shall be submitted by the project engineer.

 

This Ordinance is effective upon passage

 

Dated at Center Rutland, Vermont this ________ day of November, 2001