What are Some Considerations when Maintaining a Private Roadway?
According to government definition, a private roadway is any that splits from a public roadway and leads to a private property, such as a driveway, a farm, or a land estate. A private roadway does not belong to the city, so there is no official entity in charge of maintenance, naming, and protection. Also according to the law, any type of road, be it a main street or a private roadway, needs a name. There are actually a set of guidelines put forward by the Department of Highway Safety on how a private roadway should be named. The owner of a private roadway has the final say in the name, as long as he follows the standards: no family names, no more than 40 characters in the name, no hyphens or dashes, and no multiple names, even if the road has intersections or curves. The naming of a private roadway requires specific steps if more than two people, with no relation to each other, live on it. Once named, a private roadway should have a sign posted at the beginning or entrance showing suc
