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KDOT Access Management Policy
7.2.3 Abandoned or retired-in-place access
KDOT removes abandoned or retired-in-place accesses to improve the safety and maintainability
of the adjacent roadway. In accordance with the Highway Access Permit, the permittee will notify
KDOT (or city) in writing when an access has been abandoned or retired-in-place and is
responsible for all costs associated with removal or Figure 7-6. Highway access removal process
closure of the access.
Access removal begins with the identification of
an abandoned or retired access. KDOT or the land
owner can identify the access to be removed. The
KDOT Area office coordinates with the land
owner or authorized agent to identify the existing
conditions and impacts of removing the access.
KDOT documents the GPS coordinates of the
access location in the access database records. If
the access is to be removed, the land owner
completes a Use of R/W permit (Form 304). The
permittee removes the access in accordance with
the conditions and within the number of days
specified in the Use of Right-of-Way Permit. The
permittee will conduct this work outside of
construction or other work being performed by
KDOT (or city) or its contractors in the vicinity of
the access.
Should the permittee fail to properly remove the
access and restore as required in their Use of Right
of Way permit, KDOT (or city) reserves the right
to remove or close the access at the permittee’s
expense.
After the access has been removed according to
the conditions of the permit, KDOT notifies the
permittee in writing that the work has been
completed. The KDOT Area office notifies the
AMU that the access has been removed and
provides the GPS location of access and the
original access permit number (if available).
KDOT may recommend removal of an existing
access during the review of an Application for
Highway Access. In this event, the KDOT Area
office will follow the access removal process described in this section. The process is diagrammed
in Figure 7-6.
A special circumstance may occur when KDOT identifies access for removal and the access was
not constructed under a Highway Access Permit. In this case, the KDOT Area office will notify the
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