New & Current Policy

• DIB-91 - Guidelines on the use of positive work zone protection & mitigation measures (see pages 33-39 for form CEM-1302) 
• Accommodation of wired broadband facilities within access-controlled State highway right-of-way
  • Attachment A - Wired broadband facility accommodation in access-controlled State highway right-of-way
  • Attachment B - Guidance for broadband installation on bridges
• Effective January 1, 2022 Assembly Bill 955 (Quirk) amended Streets & Highways Code Section 671.5 by establishing additional procedures to the current process of reviewing encroachment permit applications for all broadband facilities by the California Department of Transportation. All broadband facility permit applications must comply with the additional procedures established by Assembly Bill 955.
• Encroachment Permits Hourly Rate Adjustment.
• Encroachment Permits Hourly Rate Adjustment FAQs.
• Encroachment Permits Office Process (EPOP) and Quality Management Assessment Process (QMAP)
  
  • Applicant's checklist to determine the appropriate Caltrans review process (TR-0416)
  • PDPM - Chapter 9, Article 8: Project Initiation Process for All Projects that require an Encroachment Permit
  • PDPM - Appendix I: Preparation Guidelines for Design Engineering Evaluation Report
  • PDPM - Design Engineering Evaluation Report Template
  • Encroachment Project Review process change approval (TR-0417)
• 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 will be denied.