U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh St SW
Washington, DC 20590

December 5, 2000
Refer to: HOTO-1

Mr. Kurt Miyamoto
Traffic Control Engineer
Kansas Department of Transportation
Bureau of Traffic Engineering
217 Southeast Fourth Street, Fourth Floor
Topeka, KS 66603-3504

Dear Mr. Miyamoto:

Thank you for your November 14 letter to the Office of Transportation Operations, Federal Highway Administration. In your letter, you requested approval to experiment with drum sleeves (skirts) on a project along an Interstate or freeway route. Your request, submitted in accordance with the requirements of Section 1A-6 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), is approved, pending receipt of the following information you referred to in your Request to Experiment:

1. Location of the project;
2. Specification of the start and finish dates; and
3. Quantifying the performance Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) you identified in your request.

You may fax the information to Mr. Harold Lunenfeld at 202-366-3225.

For reference purposes, we have assigned the following official experimentation number and title to your request: VI-112(E)–"Channelization Drum Sleeves." Please refer to this number in future correspondence.

If you require assistance in preparing your response, please contact Mr. Charles Sears at 202-366-1555.

Sincerely yours,

Shelley J. Row, P.E.
Director, Office of Transportation Operations