Title of Regulation: 24VAC30-580. Guidelines for Considering Requests for Restricting Through Trucks on Primary and Secondary Highways (amending 24VAC30-580-20).

Statutory Authority: § 46.2-809 of the Code of Virginia.

Effective Date: February 20, 2020.

Agency Contact: Jo Anne P. Maxwell, Regulatory Coordinator, Policy Division, Department of Transportation, 11th Floor, 1401 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 786-1830, or email joanne.maxwell@vdot.virginia.gov.

Small Business Impact Review Report of Findings: This final regulatory action serves as the report of the findings of the regulatory review pursuant to § 2.2-4007.1 of the Code of Virginia.

Summary:

The amendment permits a Department of Transportation district administrator or district engineer for the applicable construction district to deny a request for a restriction on through truck traffic on a secondary highway when the request clearly and objectively does not meet the required regulatory criteria.

24VAC30-580-20. Authority to restrict truck traffic on primary and secondary highways.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board delegates the authority to restrict through truck traffic on secondary highways to the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation. Such restrictions can apply to any truck, truck and trailer or semitrailer combination, or any combination of those classifications. Consideration of all such restrictions by the commissioner is subject to this chapter as adopted by the board. Any request for such restrictions that fails to objectively satisfy the required criteria found in 24VAC30-580-40 may be rejected by the Virginia Department of Transportation District Administrator or District Engineer for the Construction District in which the restriction is requested prior to presentation to the commissioner. The board shall retain authority to restrict through truck traffic on primary highways.