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• Metro Division GUIDELINES FOR USE OF RIGI-IT- OF-WAY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS Page 2 ► Use of Right-of-Way. Within each of these divisions, the guidelines are categorized as follows: Freeways Includes interchange areas on expressways Expressways Does not include interchange areas Two-Lane, Two- Spe Glx i 40 m; s per hour-or-greater ncludes segments-that Way Higfiways may.haveadditionaF.-lanes"for passing, turning or.bypassing./ and for short'segmentsof four or_more lanes Low Speed Roads Speed limit less than 40 miles per hour; generally includes those segments of trunk highways that pass though a city and/or serve a city street-type function and all frontage roads SIGNS, BANNERS AND DECORATIONS Directional signs, non-directional signs,banners and overhead decorations will be permitted, only on"low speed roads(subject to the following criteria: ► A legate public interest must be served. ► Requests shall be made through the offices of or by the city-in which the devices would be installed. (If the location is not within a city, requests may be made directly to the roadway regulations supervisors. Requests may also be made directly to the supervisors in those instances where a single event may take place within several cities, e. g., "The Parade of Homes.") ► Directional signing shall conform to criteria specified in the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the Minnesota Department of Transportation Traffic Engineering Manual or as directed by the division traffic engineer for traffic services. ► Directional signing shall contain directional information for the event only; no other advertisement shall be permitted. ► . Non-directional signs or banners shall not appear to represent or conflict with an official traffic control device in shape, form, color or legend; they shall be of a neutral color: