PURPOSE:

The purpose of Municipality of the County of Annapolis Road and Streets Standards Manual is to define Development Planning, Engineering Design and Construction Standards for the development of private and municipal roads and streets within the Municipality.

APPLICATION:

The specifications herein apply to the development of private and municipally owned streets in the Municipality of the County of Annapolis.

STREET CLASSIFICATION:

Streets and Roads shall be classified using the following method and criteria.

CLASSIFICATION

CRITERIA	LOWVOLUME ROAD (LVR)	RURAL LOCAL UNDIVIDED(RLU)	URBAN LOCAL UNDIVIDED(ULU)	RURAL COLLECTOR UNDIVIDED(RCU)	URBAN COLLECTOR UNDIVIDED(UCU)
Primary Service Functions	Property Access	Property Access	Property Access	Property Access & Traffic Movement	Property Access & Traffic Movement
Average Daily Traffic Volume	Less than 200 trips Per day	200 to 1000 trips Per day	1000 to 3000 trips Per day	3000 to 5000 trips Per day	More than 5000 trips Per day

Trip generation estimates shall be based on the most recent Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) methods, or as an alternate, the following criteria.

TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT	TRIP GENERATION UNIT RATES
Single Family Detached	10 per dwelling unit (du) per day
Duplex Development	8 trips per du per day
Townhouse Development	6 trips per du per day
Apartment Buildings	7 trips per du per day
Business Parks	15 trips per 1000 square foot of Building space per day

 

GEOMETRIC STANDARDS

The following are the minimum Geometric Design Standards for Roads and Streets:

ROADCLASSIFICATION	MAXIMUM GRADIENT	MINIMUMSTOPPING DISTANCE	MINIMUMCURVE RADIUS
LVR	8%	85 metres	85 metres
RLU	8%	85 metres	85 metres
ULU	8%	65 metres	85 metres
RCU	8%	110 metres	170 metres
UCU	8%	110 metres	190 metres

Vertical curves shall have “K” value minimums (metric calculation) as follows:

- for crests .. K (min.) = 22

- for sags ... K (min.)  = 15

Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 define the Geometric Design cross-sections for the identified road / street classes.

STRUCTURAL STANDARDS

The structural cross section of private and municipal roads and streets within the Municipality of Annapolis County shall conform to that described in Figure 6.

MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS

Construction materials, procedures and finished products shall conform to the provisions of the Standard Specifications for Municipal Services, as developed and produced by the Association of Consulting Engineers of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Roadbuilders Association.