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Publications

These Publications are free upon request (except as noted). Multiple items may be chosen.

Note: the following three publications can be purchased by Credit Card or Check by calling

the MDOT Mailroom at 207-624-3220 or downloaded as indicated.

Maine DOT's Standard Specs for Highway and Bridges free on line downloadable

pdf file click on blue underlined text- December 2002 Update or Hard copy (Price:

$10 if picked up in office, $13 if mailed)

MDOT Standard Details free on line downloadable pdf file click on blue underlined

text or Hard copy (Price: $20 if picked up in office, $25 if mailed)

MDOT BMP's for Erosion Control free on line downloadable pdf file click on blue

underlined text or Hard copy ($9 if picked up in office, $13 if mailed)


Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) for Streets and Highways:

Part I,V and VI only; 2003 Edition, mini book. (Price is $10.00 picked up in office)

tel. 624-3270

 

Publications with an:
* = $5.00 each for municipal personnel, $25.00 for all others.
** = $25.00 for everyone includes computer software.

*** = $2.00 per guide
Make checks payable to: Treasurer, State of Maine

WORKSHOP NOTEBOOKS

 

WINTER MAINTENANCE

  All About Asphalt    Deicing Salt Facts
  Asphalt Pavement Recycling Methods    Fight Winter and Win -A Survival Guide for Public Officials
 * "Claims, Pains and Automobiles"
  - Municipal Roads and Tort Liability (6/06)
   Highway Salt and Our Environment
 * Drainage, Drainage, Drainage (05/03)    Questions and Answers
 * Drips, Drains and Drums - Environment practices around the Municipal Garage (05/00)    Salt Storage Handbook
 Highway Maintenance Welding- Techniques and Applications    Salt vs. Abrasives for Snow and Ice Control
 * "Lines, Levels, and Layouts" - A Workshop on Basic Surveying (06/03)  
SAFETY/TRAFFIC
 Maintaining Gravel Roads (Being Updated)    "Children at Play" Signs - Do Not Give a Clear Message (1 pager)
 * Maintaining Local Bridges (05/99)    Establishing Traffic Ordinances (1 pager)
 ** Municipal Equipment Management System (MEMS) (09/02)    Flagging Handbook
 ** Road Surface Management System    (RSMS) (06/02)    How are Speed Limits Set? (1 pager)
 * Roadway Fundamentals for Municipal Officials (Being Updated)  

 Improving Operational Safety on Local Roads

 ** Sign Information Management System   (SIMS)(02/99)    Maintenance of Small Traffic Signs
 * Signs, Stripes and Speed Limits - Basics of the MUTCD (01/06)    Why "Lowering" the Speed Limit may not make a Safer Road    (1 pager)
 * Snow and Ice Control on Local Roads (12/05)    Work Zone Traffic Control: Concepts & Terminology
 * Work Zone Traffic Control (07/04)  

 *** Work Zone Traffic Control  Pocket Guide
  ( price: $2.00)

MAINE D.O.T.
 
PLANNING/ADMINISTRATION
 Access Management - Summary of Maine's   Access Management Program    Developing a Winter Operations Plan
 Basic Municipal Paving Specifications    Disadvantages of Late Season Paving
 MDOT Specifications on Geotextiles    Guidelines for Spring Highway Use Restrictions 
 "Working with Maine DOT-A Guide for Municipal Officials" (February 2005) also on website    Heavy Loads and Local Roads in Maine
SUMMER MAINTENANCE
 How to Obtain Local Funding for Highway Programs

 Asphalt Seal Coats

 

 How to "Sell" a Road Improvement Program to the Voters

 Engineer Pothole Repair Guide    How Vehicle Loads Affect Pavement Performance
 Gravel Roads: Mainetenance and Design Manual    Rating Unsurfaced Roads
 Pothole Primer    Small Highway Department Management
Problems with Gravel Roads    Street Name Signing
 Road Dust Control with Calcium Chloride
   When to Pave a Gravel Road
 Runoff and Erosion Control Guidelines for Highway  Crew Leaders    
 The Hole Story    
 Why Curb and Gutter?    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please include your Name, Address, municipality and Telephone Number for your order. 

You can order your selections by: phone 207-624-3270, 1-800-498-9133, Fax 207-624-3301,

 

email local.web@maine.gov or mail  to: Maine Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning,

Community Services Division, 16 State House Station, Augusta, Maine, 04333-0016.

 

Name: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________
Municipality: ______________________
Address: _________________________
City/Town: _______________________
State: ___________________________
Zip Code: ________________________
Telephone: _______________________

 updated 9/26/06