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For complex installations </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0"> appreciably affect traffic patterns, a detailed traffic control plan showing the proposed signing and delineation layout is required. Traffic control, in accordance with Part </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">6</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0"> of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0"> for Streets and Highways</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">, </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">Eleventh Edition</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">, must be provided. An approved utility permit allows for the maintenance of a utility installation, </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">provided</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0"> the utility </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">notifies</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0"> the nearest department maintenance unit before repairs are made within the right-of-way.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">    </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 11 SDR 22, effective August 12, 1984; transferred from § 70:01:08:19, 11 SDR 112, effective February 25, 1985; transferred from § 70:01:08:35, effective November 1, 1986; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 134, effective July 1, 1987; 15 SDR 185, effective June 4, 1989</span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">    </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=31-26-22"><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000003">31-26-22</span></a><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">    </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=31-26-22"><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000003">31-26-22</span></a><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0">    </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000001">Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0"> </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000004">"</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000004">Temporary Traffic Control," Part 6, </span><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000005">Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, Eleventh Edition</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000004">, December 2023, Federal Highway Administration, U. S. Department of Transportation. Copies may be </span><a id="_Hlk174004768" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55000006"></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000004">viewed and printed free of charge at: </span><a href="https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/11th_Edition/mutcd11thedition.pdf"><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C2">https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/11th_Edition/mutcd11thedition.pdf</span></a><span class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55C0-000004">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="seb4d1543-d7c5-4ab6-8945-6baf1b522e55000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>