Section 90. Discretionary authority  


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  • The department's resident engineers are authorized considerable discretionary authority regarding the design of subdivision streets functionally classified as "local." Such judgments should take into consideration the individual situation, but in no instance are the safety features, structural integrity, or traffic capacities prescribed by these requirements to be sacrificed. Meandering alignment and rolling grades are satisfactory, provided adequate stopping sight distances and reasonable alignment and gradients are provided to safely accommodate the projected traffic at the design speed.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 21, Issue 06, eff. January 1, 2005.

Statutory Authority

§§ 33.2-210, 33.2-241, 33.2-326, and 33.2-705 of the Code of Virginia.