WSR 22-19-002
EXPEDITED RULES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Filed September 7, 2022, 1:08 p.m.]
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 468-95-085 Two-way left turn only signs (R3-9a, R3-9b), 468-95-131 Bridge ices before road sign, 468-95-120 Traffic signal signs, and 468-95-280 Operation of lane-use control signals.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Previously adopted WAC regarding the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices contained minor errors. Correcting these errors will result in accurate language for the intended rules.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Accuracy in WAC is important for the public.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW
47.36.030.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Washington state department of transportation, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: Trevor McCain, Olympia Headquarters, 360-705-7082.
This notice meets the following criteria to use the expedited adoption process for these rules:
Corrects typographical errors, make address or name changes, or clarify language of a rule without changing its effect.
Explanation of the Reason the Agency Believes the Expedited Rule-Making Process is Appropriate: These edits are for clarity and accuracy and do not change the intent of WAC.
NOTICE
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Trevor McCain, Washington State Department of Transportation, 310 Maple Park Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA 98501, phone 360-905-2114, fax 360-705-6826, email Trevor.McCain@wsdot.wa.gov, AND RECEIVED BY November 21, 2022.
September 7, 2022
Sam Wilson, Director
Business Support Services
OTS-4071.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 11-23-101, filed 11/18/11, effective 12/19/11)
WAC 468-95-085Two-way left turn only signs (R3-9a, R3-9b).
Pursuant to RCW
46.61.290(3), amend Paragraph 01 to Option and Paragraph ((
03))
02 Support in MUTCD Section 2B.24 with the following:
Option:
Two-way left turn only (R9-3a or R9-3b) signs (see Figure 2B-6) may be used in conjunction with the required pavement markings where a nonreversible lane is reserved for the exclusive use of left-turning vehicles in either direction, or turning into the roadway, and is not used for passing, overtaking, or through travel.
Support:
Upon a roadway where a center lane has been provided by distinctive pavement markings for the use of vehicles turning left from either direction, no vehicles may turn left from any other lane. No vehicle may travel further than three hundred feet within the lane. A signal, either electric or manual, for indicating a left turn movement, shall be made at least one hundred feet before the actual left turn movement is made.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 11-23-101, filed 11/18/11, effective 12/19/11)
WAC 468-95-120Traffic signal signs.
Pursuant to RCW
46.61.055, amend the ((
second)) Standard of MUTCD Section 2B.54 to read:
The NO TURN ON RED sign (R10-11a, R10-11b) shall be used to prohibit any right turn on red; or a left turn on red from a one-way or two-way street into a one-way street carrying traffic in the direction of the left turn.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 11-23-101, filed 11/18/11, effective 12/19/11)
WAC 468-95-131Bridge ices before road sign.
Delete paragraph 05 from Section 2C.32 and sign W8-13 from the MUTCD.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 11-23-101, filed 11/18/11, effective 12/19/11)
WAC 468-95-280Operation of lane-use control signals.
Pursuant to RCW
46.61.072, in MUTCD Section 4M.04, amend the first sentence of ((
the first)) paragraph ((
after item G in the first Standard))
03 to read:
A moving condition in one direction shall be terminated either by the immediate display of a red x signal indication or by a yellow x signal indication followed by a red x signal indication or a flashing red x indication followed by a red x indication.