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27 POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL SIDEWALKS 28/ 1 APPENDIX POLICY ADOPTED BY THE NC BOARD-OF TRA3'~TSPORTATION A406 CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES a) It is the policy of the Board of Transportation that highway funds-are for the.purpose of constructing and improving streets and highways for the movement of people and foods. Generally, within municipalities, the constriction of a sidewalk on a state highway system street is considered_a municipal responsibirty. b} When a highway construction project having to do with the widening of an existing street requires that anexisting- sidewalk be torn up -to Ynake room for the widening, it is-- the policy of the Department of Transportation to replace the sidewalk. c} For construction and widening projects where sidewalks do not already exist, it is the policy of the Department of Transportation that it will not participate in the construction of sidewalks except as in subsections (d} and (e}. If adequate right of way is available, the Department of Transportation will grade out a level walking area. back of the curb in the utility strip. The municipality may, at its own discretion, construct sidewalks. If the municipality desires sidewalks as a part of the construction project, they will be constructed and the city will reimburse the Department of Transportation for the cost of the sidewalks by appropriate municipal agr-Bement. d) In the planning, design, and-construction of T1P transportation projects, the Department of Transportation shall consider the-needs of pedestrians and will not create hazards to pedestrian movements. e) The Department recognizes there are certain situations in which pedestrian facilities provide significant benefits in the movement of pedestrian traff c. The Department of Transportation may participate in the provision of these facilities on a full or shared cost basis. EFF. DATE 12/1/76 15 REV. DATE 4/16/01