Released in January 2006, the award winning Project Development and Design Guide, serves as a national model for developing context-sensitive, community-friendly road and bridge projects.

Commissioner's Introduction

• Letter From Commissioner Paiewonsky [PDF - 115 KB]
• Acknowledgements [PDF - 15 KB]

Awards

• Transportation Achievement Award, Institute for Transportation Engineers, 2007

• Environmental Excellence Award, Federal Highway Administration, 2007
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/eea2007/nonmotorized.htm

• Outstanding Achievement in Public Works Award, New England Chapter of American Public Works Association, 2006

• Outstanding Achievement Award, National Conference on Preserving the Historic Road, 2006

• Transportation Planning Excellence Award, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration and American Planning Association, 2006
  http://www.planning.org/features/2006/transpawards.htm

• Excellence in Context Sensitive Design Award, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2006
  http://environment.transportation.org/pdf/css_brochure906_v9B.pdf

• Excellence in Highway Design Award, Federal Highway Administration, 2006
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/eihd/2006/cat10.cfm

Chapters

Additional Links

• Document Overview [PDF - 1.2 MB]
• Highway Design Manual Task Force Members [PDF - 16 KB]
• Communities First Policy Statement [PDF - 29 KB]
• HDM Vision and Goals [PDF - 26 KB]
• Chapter 2 Appendix [PDF - 1.7 MB]
• Chapter 2 Appendix - Highway Design Checklists and Document Distribution Workbook [MS Excel - 627 KB]
  Updated 10/05/2012
• Chapter 9 Appendix [PDF - 175 KB]
• MassDOT Highway Title Sheet [DWG - 117 KB]

Project Review Committee Page

Project Review Forms