                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIALIZED CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; PERMITS; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; COSTS (§
46.2-1149.7)

A. For the purpose of this section, &#8220;specialized construction
equipment&#8221; means (i) rubber-tracked, or tracked when protective matting is
used, self-propelled equipment being used in highway maintenance and
construction projects and (ii) tracked, self-propelled equipment being used in
emergency operations, including snow removal.

B. The Commissioner of Highways, upon written application made by the owner or
operator of specialized construction equipment, may issue a single trip or
multi-trip permit allowing such equipment to be driven across structures
maintained by the Department of Transportation within, or to gain access to, a
highway construction or maintenance work zone of the Department of
Transportation, as defined in the most recent version of the Department of
Transportation&#8217;s Virginia Work Area Protection Manual, or to access any
road or structure maintained by the Department of Transportation when needed by
the Department for snow removal or other emergency operations. The permits shall
be issued only after an engineering analysis of a proposed routing has been
conducted by the Department of Transportation to assess the ability of the roads
and structures to be traversed to sustain the equipment&#8217;s size and weight.
Such permit shall designate the route to be traversed and contain restrictions
or conditions regarding the specialized construction equipment&#8217;s operation
across structures. The fee for a permit issued under this section shall be based
on the costs assessed against the applicant to cover engineering analysis, not
to exceed three hours.

HISTORY: 2014, c. 70.