New & Current Policy

• Encroachment Project Processes Enhancements Memorandum (06/20)
  • Flowchart to determine the appropriate Caltrans review process
  • Applicant's checklist to determine the appropriate Caltrans review process
  • Interim Design Engineering Evaluation Report application guidelines
  • Design Engineering Evaluation Report template
  • Preparation guidelines for Design Engineering Evaluation Report
  • Encroachment Project Review process change approval form
• Effective January 1, 2020, all events that have prize compensation and that encroach on the State Highway System are required to ensure the prize compensation is identical for the participants in each gendered category at each participant level. This requirement emanated from Assembly Bill (AB) 467, which was approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State on September 9, 2019.  Permit applications that do not comply with this requirement shall be denied.
• Wired Broadband Facilities on State Highway Right of Way information (10/18)
• Encroachment Permits Appeal Procedure Regulations
  (CA Code of Regulations. Title 21, Division 2, Chapter 8, Article 2. Operative 04/01/17)
• Use of Department-Furnished Signal Controller Assemblies and Department-Furnished Software Programs on the State Highway System, TOPD 17-01 (03/17)
• Automated Red Light Enforcement Systems, TOPD 14-01 (08/15)
• E.P. Information for: Bridges, Earth Retaining Systems, Soundwalls, Overhead Signs, Traffic Signals, Lighting Standards, Culverts, Underground Structures, Earth Retaining Structures, Barriers (12/13)
• DIB-82-06 "Pedestrian Accessibility Guidelines for Highway Projects" (11/17)
• Implementation of Pavement Safety Edge (07/12)
• DD-64-R1 "Complete Streets - Integrating the Transportation System" (10/08)
• Processing Projects Funded by Others (07/07)
• HDD Contractors Notice (08/07)
• Engineer's Stamp Requirements Memo
• Validate Engineer's Stamp