- (a) A temporary driveway is defined as a driveway adjoining a state highway to provide access for a duration of one hundred twenty (120) days or less.
(b)
- (1) A permit shall be obtained from the Arkansas Department of Transportation for all temporary access driveways on state highways.
- (2) Within incorporated cities it will be necessary for the applicant to satisfy the requirements of the city and to obtain a permit from the department.
- (3) The city’s requirements must meet or exceed the requirements of this part.
- (4) No work shall be undertaken on state highway right-of-way until the permit has been issued by the engineer.
- (c) The permittee shall fully protect the traffic on the highway during construction covered hereunder by proper traffic control devices in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and hold harmless the State Highway Commission, the department, and its duly appointed agents, officers, and employees from all damages, expenses, claims, or liability arising out of any alleged damages of any nature to any person or property due to the construction, performance, or nonperformance of work or existence of a driveway.
(d)
- (1) The permittee shall not erect any sign, flag, or other identifying marker for the purpose of attracting attention to the site, either fixed or moveable, on or extending over any portion of the highway right-of-way.
- (2) Anyone erecting such sign, flag, or identifying marker is in violation of Arkansas Code § 27-67-304.
(e)
- (1) The permittee shall maintain all existing highway, street, and county road regulatory, warning, guide, and informational signs in an effective location at all times for the duration of the work and shall install them at the correct location upon completion of the work.
- (2) Any signs damaged by the permittee shall be replaced at no cost to the department.
(f)
- (1) Applications for permits shall be made by the owner or duly authorized representative of the owner, i.e., contractor, consulting engineer, or lessee, who shall represent all parties' interests.
- (2) Such permits shall be only for the bona fide purpose of constructing or modifying access to the property and not for the purpose of parking, servicing, or loading and unloading vehicles on the state highway right-of-way.
(g)
- (1) Permits for temporary driveways shall have a deposit or bond in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per driveway.
- (2) The deposit or bond will be refunded upon satisfactory completion of the work and restoration of the right-of-way to its original condition.
(h)
- (1) Temporary driveway permits will have an expiration date of a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of issue.
- (2) When necessary, the engineer may extend this at sixty-day intervals, but not to exceed a total of two hundred forty (240) days.