N.J. Admin. Code § 5:21-4.4 - Shoulders
(a) Shoulders should be
used instead of curbs when:
1. Shoulders are
required by CAFRA;
2. Soil and/or
topography make the use of shoulders preferable; and/or
3. To preserve rural character.
(b) Shoulders shall be provided in
accordance with the requirements in Table 4.3 in
5:21-4.2.
(c) Shoulders shall be four feet wide, except for
minor collector streets of high intensity with off-street parking, which shall be
six feet wide on each side for all streets, and major collector streets of medium
and high intensity, which shall be eight feet wide on each side for all streets.
Shoulders shall be located within the right-of-way as shown in the following street
illustrations.
(d) Shoulders shall be
constructed of materials such as stabilized earth, gravel, crushed stone, bituminous
treatment, or other forms of pavement which provide for vehicle load support.
Shoulders along major collectors and shoulders along streets that are part of a
designated bike path as indicated in the bicycle circulation portion of the
municipal master plan shall be paved with asphalt pavement.
Notes
See: 31 N.J.R. 477(a), 31 N.J.R. 3259(a).
Rewrote (c).
Amended by R.2000 d.480, effective
See: 32 N.J.R. 2670(b), 32 N.J.R. 4277(a).
In (a) and (a)2, deleted "and/or drainage swales" preceding "preferable"; and in (d), inserted the last sentence.
Public Notice: Notice regarding the Publication of two Notices of Adoption in the December 16, 2002 N.J.R..
See: 34 N.J.R. 4343(a), 4412(a), 35 N.J.R. 219(b).
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