Sign Retroreflectivity - A Minnesota Toolkit

Status: Complete
Report Date: 04/02/2010

Summary:

The Minnesota LRRB has developed a Sign Retroreflectivity Toolkit that is designed to provide local governments, especially small cities and townships, with guidance on FHWAs sign retroreflectivity deadlines as well as resources they can use to meet these deadlines. This toolkit focuses primarily on FHWAs first deadline: By January 2012: Agencies must establish and implement a sign assessment or management method to maintain minimum levels of sign retro reflectivity. The toolkit includes a variety of resources: a) County Letter - Letter to be sent by County Engineers to small local agencies within their county, to notify them of requirements and resources; b) Other Agency Letter - Letter to be sent by other agencies as a follow-up to the County letter, to stress the importance of addressing FHWA requirements; c) MN MUTCD Requirements; d) Summary of FHWA guides: Methods for Maintaining Traffic Sign Retroreflectivity and Know Your Retro2007. There are 3 appendices: Appendix A: Examples of Sign Inventory/Inspection Forms, Appendix B: Examples of Sign Inspection/Replacement Policies/Procedures, and Appendix C: Examples of Sign Management Agreements. The letters provided in this report can be downloaded from the LRRB website in electronic Microsoft Word format, so that agencies can edit them for their specific situation.

Project Personnel:

Principal Investigator: Michael Marti
Co-Principal Investigator: Renae Kuehl
Technical Liaison: Michael Sheehan
Project Coordinator: Clark Moe
Panel Members:
    Barb Swanson - League of Mn Cities
    Carla Stueve - Hennepin County
    Chuck DeWolf - Bolton & Menk
    Curt Bolles - Olmsted County Public Works
    Dan Sauve - Clearwater County Hwy Dept
    David Enblom - Cass County Engr./Dept. of Public Works
    David Fricke - Minnesota Assoc. of Townships, Exec. Dir
    Glenn Olson - Director of Public Works/City Engineer
    Howard Preston - Stonebrooke Engineering
    Jeffrey Adolphson - Wadena County Highway Dept
    Joe Gustafson - Washington County Public Works - Engineer
    Kenneth Schroepfer - Maintenance
    Kristi Sebastian - FHWA - Minnesota Division Office
    Mark Vizecky - State Aid for Local Transp
    Michael Marti - SRF Consulting Group Inc.
    Renae Kuehl - SRF Consulting Group, Inc.
    Robert Hall - Crow Wing County
    Roger Risser - Watonwan County Engineer
    Shane Nelson -
    Steven Kubista - Chippewa/Lac Qui Parle County
    Susan Miller - SRF
    Tim Plath - City of Eagan - Engineer
    Victor Lund - St. Louis County Public Works - Engineer