New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 31 - CLASSIFICATION AND DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HIGHWAYS
Part 6 - STATE HIGHWAY ACCESS MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 18.31.6.11 - ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLANS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
The department may develop an access management plan for a designated portion of state highway. An access management plan provides the department, and local authority, with a comprehensive roadway access design plan for a designated state highway segment or corridor for the purpose of bringing that portion of highway into conformance with its access category and its functional needs to the extent feasible given existing conditions. Access management plans should be developed as described in Section 11 of the state access management manual.
A. Access management plans for state highways are developed by the department in cooperation with the appropriate local authorities through a memorandum of understanding or a joint powers agreement. Access management plans shall be adopted by the department to become effective. The adoption of a plan shall be in the form of a formal written agreement prepared in accordance with 18.31.6.19 NMAC, access control review procedures. When applicable, concurrence of the local authority should also be obtained in written form.
B. After an access management plan is adopted, modifications to the plan shall require department approval. Where an access management plan is in effect, all action taken in regard to access shall be in conformance with the plan and 18.31.6 NMAC unless the department approves exceptions to the plan in writing.
