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PROPOSED REVISION OF THE 2009 MUTCD — DEFINITION OF STANDARD AND USE OF ENGINEERING JUDGMENT

On August 2, 2011, a Notice of Proposed Amendments was published in the Federal Register (HTML, PDF 194KB), proposing to revise Sections 1A.09 and 1A.13 of the 2009 MUTCD to clarify the definition of Standard statements in the MUTCD and clarify the use of engineering judgment and studies in the application of traffic control devices.

The deadline for comments to the docket is October 3, 2011.

The proposed text for this revision of the 2009 MUTCD can be viewed here: (HTML, PDF 18KB)

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