New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 21 - TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAGE
Part 4 - TOURIST ORIENTED DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (TODS)
Section 18.21.4.8 - SIGN, PANEL OR BUSINESS LOCATION
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
TOD signs shall be used only in rural areas where the business is not visible from the highway. Businesses visible from the road shall not qualify to receive TOD signing. Specifically, a prospective TOD business may be located:
A. in a rural area, inside the limits of an unincorporated or incorporated community with a population of 2000 or less;
B. Outside the limits of an unincorporated or incorporated community with a population between 2000 and 10,000. However, TOD signing may be located within the unincorporated /incorporated limits;
C. The location of other traffic control devices shall at all time take precedence over the location of TODS;
D. Intersection TODS panels should be at least 200 feet from the intersection;
E. Advance TODS panels should be at least 1/2 mile, but not more than 1 mile from the intersection, but will only be permitted in situations where sight distance, intersection maneuvers or other vehicle characteristics require notification;
F. Trailblazer TODS signs should be at least 100 feet from the intersection;
G. Intersection TODS panels should be spaced 200 feet from other intersection TODS panels and at least 200 feet from other traffic control devices;
H. Advance TOD panel should be spaced 800 feet from other advance TODS panels and at least 200 feet from the traffic control devices;
I. Trailblazer TOD signs should be spaced at least 200 feet from other traffic control devices;
J. TOD signs/panels shall not obstruct the drivers critical viewing of other traffic control devices;
K. At intersections where specific services (LOGO) signing is located, prior to TODS, then
L. TODS shall not be permitted at interchanges if an at-grade intersection is replaced with an interchange, the intersection will no longer qualify for TODS and any previously erected TODS shall be removed by the Department.
M. A TODS trailblazer is required if the business is one or more miles from the intersection, and additional trailblazers are mandatory in advance of any turn the motorist is required to execute while enroute to the business;
N. Transverse location of signs should be at least eighteen feet offset from the outside edge of the near driving lane.
