<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9f000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000004 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000005 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC2 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=70:04:05:11"><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000000">70:04:05:11</span></a><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000001">.  Construction, relocation, and maintenance -- Traffic control.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0"> Utilities shall plan construction, relocation, and maintenance activities to minimize hazards and inconvenience to the traveling public. Utilities shall provide traffic control and signing in accordance with the requirements of Part </span><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">6</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0"> of the </span><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, Eleventh Edition</span><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">    </span><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 11 SDR 22, effective August 12, 1984; transferred from § 70:01:08:06, 11 SDR 112, effective February 25, 1985; transferred from § 70:01:08:32, effective November 1, 1986; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 134, effective July 1, 1987; 15 SDR 185, effective June 4, 1989</span><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">    </span><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=31-26-22"><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000003">31-26-22</span></a><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">    </span><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=31-26-3"><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000003">31-26-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=31-26-22"><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000003">31-26-22</span></a><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0">    </span><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000001">Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000004">"Temporary Traffic Control," Part 6, </span><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000005">Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, Eleventh Edition</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000004">, December 2023, Federal Highway Administration, U. S. Department of Transportation. Copies may be viewed and printed free of charge at: </span><a href="https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/11th_Edition/mutcd11thedition.pdf"><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC2">https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/11th_Edition/mutcd11thedition.pdf</span></a><span class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fC0-000004">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7d7192ab-8e17-4b96-bc99-db8b610feb9f000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>