Delaware Administrative Code
Title 2 - Transportation
2000 - Department of Transportation
2400 - Division of Transportation Solutions
2403 - Special Events Policies and Procedures - Traffic Management
Section 2403-2.0 - Legal Authority

2.1 Title 17, Chapter 1, Subchapter III, Section 141 of the Delaware Code gives the Delaware Department of Transportation jurisdiction and control over all state highways outside the limits of incorporated cities and towns for the purpose of regulating traffic and for the use and operation of all vehicles thereover, and gives the Department the authority to adopt any and all rules and regulations respecting the use of such highways and the operation of all vehicles upon the same.

2.2 For state maintained roadways within the corporate limits of municipalities, the local government is responsible for approving the special event after consultation with the Department of Transportation. All temporary traffic control for special events inside the limits of municipalities shall comply with the requirements of the Delaware Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (DE MUTCD). For those events occurring on state maintained roadways within the corporate limits of municipalities, the temporary traffic control shall be reviewed and approved by DelDOT. DelDOT shall also be consulted for those events that occur on non state maintained roadways, but divert traffic to state maintained roadways.