Maine Local Roads Center
Letter of Intent
from Municipality to MDOT
DATE:_____________________
To: Commissioner of Maine Department of Transportation
16 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0016
From: Municipality of ______________________
SPEED LIMITS
Pursuant to 29-A MRSA § 2075,
§-3, as amended by PL
2001, Chapter 313, the municipal officers of this municipality are
hereby notifying the MDOT that we have decided to accept responsibility for establishing speed
limits on all of our federally classified local townways. This is effective immediately and it is
understood that this responsibility will include the following requirements:
1)
that this municipality understands
that we will now have full responsibility and authority to determine
speed limits on only the aforementioned public roads and that
the authority to regulate State and State Aid highways remains
with the MDOT,
2)
that all speed zoning will
be done following the procedures and standards as stated in the
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), including the
determination of the 85th percentile speed, where practical,
3)
that the actual speed limits
must adhere to the limits as stated in the statute,
4)
that roadside notification
of all speed zones will be done with standard signs as shown in
the MUTCD,
5)
that all speed zones will
be validated through a municipal traffic ordinance pursuant to
30-A MRSA § 3009,
6)
that this municipality will
officially notify the Commissioner of the MDOT of all speed zones
on a form approved by the MDOT,
7)
that if these steps are
not followed, then it is possible that the speed limits are unenforceable.
Sincerely,
________________________
(authorized municipal official)
________________________
(printed)
Title:____________________
Phone:___________________
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