Code of Colorado Regulations
600 - Department of Transportation
601 - Transportation Commission and Office of Transportation Safety
2 CCR 601-16 - HARVESTING OF NATIVE GRASSES WITHIN HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Section 2 CCR 601-16-4.00 - Ingress and Egress
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, March 10, 2024
4.01 Access to the permitted State Highway Right-of-Way shall be from existing legal access only.
4.02 Under no circumstances may the Permittee or the Permittee's agent enter or leave the permitted Harvesting area using the main traveled-way of the State Highway.
4.03 It is the Permittee's obligation to obtain all necessary easements and permission, and any additional documents necessary by law to allow access to each segment within the permitted Parcel(s).
4.04 The removal of fences to facilitate ingress and egress to the State Highway Right-of-Way is strictly prohibited. If temporary removal of a private fence is necessary to access the ROW, the fence must be restored in its original location at the end of each day or as agreed to in an agreement with the property owner. The Permittee is responsible for any damages resulting from failure to restore the fence in its proper location and in its original condition.
4.05 The Department is not responsible for providing any access to the permitted Parcel aside from the existing accesses previously permitted by the Department.
4.06 Parking, loading and/or off-loading of equipment on the paved shoulders of the State Highway is prohibited.
4.07 All traffic laws shall be complied with during the Harvesting operation.
4.08 Permittees are not allowed to access the State Highway under any circumstances from the Harvest area.
4.09 The Permittee (including the Permittee's lessee or contractor) shall coordinate all Harvesting activity with the Department's local maintenance patrol. Traffic control devices in the form of "Shoulder Work Ahead" or "Mowing Operations Ahead" signs are required. The Department will provide and install such signs upon 48 hours notification to the appropriate maintenance patrol. The appropriate maintenance patrol contact information will be provided within the issued permit.
