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DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING
The Director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 5(3)(A) (providing for a safe transportation system), 6(b) (transferring to the Department the traffic management function previously delegated to the Department of Public Works (DPW) under Section III (H) of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1983), and 7 (making Director of DDOT the successor to transportation related authority delegated to the Director of DPW) of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.04(3), 50-921.05(b), and 50-921.06 (2009 Repl. & 2012 Supp.)), Mayor’s Order 77-127, dated August 3, 1977, and 18 DCMR 2200.2, hereby gives notice of this final action to adopt the following rules to amend Chapter 40 of the Vehicle and Traffic Regulations in Title 18 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
The rulemaking increases the speed limit on the eastbound side of New York Avenue, NE, between Bladensburg Rd., NE and the State of Maryland-District of Columbia Boundary Line from 40 mph to 45 mph and on the westbound side of New York Avenue, NE between the State of Maryland-District of Columbia Boundary Line and Bladensburg Road, NE from 35 mph to 40 mph. The rulemaking also increases the speed limit in both directions on Bladensburg Road, NE between Mt. Olivet Road, NE and New York Avenue, NE from 25 mph to 30 mph, on North Capitol Street between Michigan Avenue, NE and Harewood Road, NE from 35 mph to 40 mph and on Canal Road, NW, between Chain Bridge Road, NW and Foxhall Road, NW from 35 mph to 40 mph.
The final rulemaking specifically removes the eastbound side of New York Avenue, NE, between Bladensburg Rd., NE and the State of Maryland-District of Columbia Boundary Line from the subsection that lists those streets with a speed limit of 40 mph and adds that road to the subsection that lists the streets with a speed limit of 45 mph. It also specifically removes: (a) the westbound side of New York Avenue, NE between the State of Maryland-District of Columbia Boundary Line and Bladensburg Road, NE, (b) North Capitol Street between Michigan Avenue, NE and Harewood Road, NE, and (c) Canal Road, NW, between Chain Bridge Road, NW and Foxhall Road, NW from the subsection that lists those streets with a speed limit of 35 mph and adds those roads to the subsection that lists the streets with a speed limit of 40 mph. Finally, the rulemaking adds Bladensburg Road, NE between Mt. Olivet Road, NE and New York Avenue to the list of streets with a speed limit of 30 mph.
Proposed Regulations were published in a Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking on December 28, 2012, in the D.C. Register at 59 DCR 15109. DDOT received no comments in response to this rulemaking. No substantive changes were made to the text of the proposed rulemaking.
DDOT adopted the rules as final on February 1, 2013. The rules will go into effect upon the date of publication of this Notice of Final Rulemaking in the D.C. Register.
Title 18 DCMR, Section 4011, SPEED LIMITS, is amended as follows:
Subsection 4011.2 is amended by adding Bladensburg Road, NE between Mt. Olivet Road, NE and New York Avenue, NE to the list.
Subsection 4011.3 is amended by striking the following streets from the list:
(a) The westbound side of New York Avenue, NE between the State of Maryland-District of Columbia Boundary Line and Bladensburg Road, NE,
(b) North Capitol Street between Michigan Avenue, NE and Harewood Road, NE, and
(c) Canal Road, NW, between Chain Bridge Road, NW and Foxhall Road, NW
Subsection 4011.4 is amended as follows:
(a) The eastbound side of New York Avenue, NE, between Bladensburg Rd., NE and the State of Maryland-District of Columbia Boundary Line is stricken from the list.
(b) The following streets are added to the list:
(1) The westbound side of New York Avenue, NE between the State of Maryland-District of Columbia Boundary Line and Bladensburg Road, NE,
(2) North Capitol Street between Michigan Avenue, NE and Harewood Road, NE, and
(3) Canal Road, NW, between Chain Bridge Road, NW and Foxhall Road, NW
Subsection 4011.5 is amended by adding the eastbound side of New York Avenue, NE, between Bladensburg Rd., NE and the State of Maryland-District of Columbia Boundary Line to the list.
