<html> <head> <title>Rule 70:04:06:12 Access to work area.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 70:04:06:12"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 70:04:06:12 Access to work area."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>70:04:06:12.&nbsp;&nbsp;Access to work area.</b> Methods of obtaining access to the work area of a highway right-of-way are as follows:</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;For mowing by permit:</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;Access to the work area on interstate and controlled access highways is limited to the use of gates provided in the right-of-way fence. If no gate exists, one may be installed by the permittee. The gate becomes the property of the state;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;Under no condition may the permittee enter or leave the work area through use of the main roadway;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;The department is not responsible for providing access roads outside the right-of-way line;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;For mowing by contract:</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;Mowing, processing, and loading equipment may move to the median from the main roadway, but equipment movement in and out of the median must be kept to a minimum;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;Each piece of equipment must have a &quot;slow moving&quot; sign attached to it and must stay within the median during the operation. All loading of baled or processed hay onto hauling units must be performed within the median.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 2 SDR 33, effective November 9, 1975; transferred from §&nbsp;70:01:10:12, effective November 1, 1986; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 134, effective July 1, 1987; 14 SDR 14, effective August&nbsp;2, 1987.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=31-5-21">31-5-21.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=31-5-21">31-5-21.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>