With the increased volume of traffic on all traveled ways, entrances, and exits of adequate design must be provided for abutting properties, especially commercial properties, that make ingress and egress as safe as possible to the traveling public and to those who patronize roadside commercial establishments.

Under the provisions and policies of Texas Administrative Code, Title 43, Chapter 11, Subchapter C, TxDOT issues access driveway permits to owners of property abutting state highways. The permitting process on highways on the state highway system within the jurisdiction of a municipality or eligible county (as defined in the Texas Administrative Code) may be transferred to the municipality or eligible county at their request and with approval by TxDOT. Issuance of permits, construction, and maintenance of these driveways should be in accordance with the Design Division’s

Access Management Manual

and Maintenance Division’s

Use of Right of Way by Others Manual

. The purpose of the rules and regulations is to accomplish a coordinated development between the highway and the abutting property it serves, rather than to restrict, unreasonably, access to abutting property.