Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 730 - Department of Transportation
Chapter 35 - Maintenance and Control of State Highway System
Subchapter 9 - Highway Lighting
Section 730:35-9-3 - Warranting conditions for lighting

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 730:35-9-3

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

Subject to Commission approval, the Department may program and fund highway lighting projects provided the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) Projects with federal and/or state participation. Any request for either federal and/or state participation in the funding of a proposed highway lighting project will be evaluated by an engineering study to determine if it meets the warranting conditions of this Section.

(A) General warrants.
(i) The proposed project area must indicate a need for highway lighting after being analyzed in accordance with the warranting conditions of the "Transportation Research Board, NCHRP Report No. 152".

(ii) The local governmental entity must be willing to execute an agreement in which they agree to provide all operating and maintenance costs for the proposed highway lighting project and to participate in a substantial portion of the construction costs as specified in Section 730:35-9-4.

(iii) The proposed project area must:
(I) be within the city limits or jurisdiction of the local governmental entity,

(II) be on a designated state highway system or urban system,

(III) all traffic control devices must comply with Commission policies and the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways",

(IV) the existing posted speed limit on the highway must be approved by the Transportation Commission, and

(V) the local government must agree to permanently ban all angle parking in the area if the existing roadway width is inadequate to meet current safety criteria.

(VI) any intersection which warrants traffic signals may also be lighted using combination traffic signal/highway lighting poles.

(B) Warrants for freeways. Warrants for highway lighting on freeways, expressways and interstates shall comply with the General Warrants above and the warranting conditions established by the latest edition of AASHTO's "An Informational Guide for Roadway Lighting" Section on FREEWAYS and the Department's established policies and procedures.

(C) Warrants for all other highways. Warrants for highway lighting on all other types of highways and streets shall comply with all the General Warrants above and at least two (2) of the following conditions designated i, ii, or iii.
(i) Location condition.
(I) A two-lane highway section must have in excess of 6,000 ADT; a four-lane highway section must have in excess of 12,000 ADT, or

(II) An urban highway intersection must have in excess of 10,000 ADT total for all approaches; a rural highway intersection must have in excess of 4,000 ADT on the main highways.

(ii) Accident condition.
(I) The highway section or intersection must exhibit high nighttime accident experience. That is the night-to-day accident ratio is at least 1.5:1 or greater. This ratio is to be verified by analysis of the crash studies for the highway section and compared to similar locations statewide, or

(II) Have accident potential conditions such as; numerous driveways, channelized islands, significant commercial or residential development or with a high percentage of truck traffic.

(iii) Existing lighting condition. The area adjacent to the roadway should be substantially developed and with considerable existing lighting visible from the roadway.

(2) Projects with no federal or state participation. When the local government finds sufficient benefit in the areas of convenience, safety, security, or other social or economic benefit, they may warrant the installation of a highway lighting project and may elect to wholly finance the costs of construction and maintenance. This type of project may not meet the warranting requirements of the Department; therefore, an installation of this type does not obligate the Department to a replacement-in-kind of the highway lighting system in the future, even if there is a roadway construction project thru the area that causes the removal or relocation of the lighting system.

Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1384, eff 5-11-00

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