Motorist Service Signing Information

Any questions pertaining to these instructions, contact the Maintenance and Engineering Services Division at 701-328-2546 .

A seven person signing committee will review the application and put it on a priority list if accepted.

Committee consists of the following:
1. ND Department of Transportation (Chairperson)
2. ND Department of Commerce Tourism Division
3. ND Parks & Recreation Department
4. ND State Historical Society
5. ND Game & Fish Department
6. Private Sector
7. Private Sector

The above committee will determine which attractions will be signed and how the cost(s) will be shared by the requester. Costs and priority/rankings will be determined by national, statewide, or local importance. Must meet at least 2 of the categories.

Criteria for priority/ranking is as follows:

National: Access to: Interstate, Interregional, State Corridor, District Corridor or District Collector roadways from a distance of 50 miles or less.
Attendance: 25,000 or greater
Daily operations: 8 hours per day 7 days per week
Annual operations: May through September (minimum). Operations open year around will have preference.

Statewide: Access to: Interstate, Interregional, State Corridor, District Corridor, or District Collector roadways from a distance of 50 miles or less.
Attendance: 10,000 or greater but less than 25,000
Daily operations: 8 hours per day 6 days per week
Annual operations: May through September (minimum)

Local: Access to: Interegional, State Corridor, District Corridor, or District Collector roadways from a distance of 15 miles or less.
Attendance: 2,000 or greater but less than 10,000
Daily operations: At least 6 hours per day 5 days per week
Annual operations: Minimum of 5 months (cumulative)

Costs will be determined by ranking as follows:

National NDDOT 100% Other 0%
Statewide NDDOT 50% Other 50%
Local NDDOT 0% Other 100%

The application will be handled in the following manner:

1. The Secretary for TSAC will review elements of the application and submit recommendation to the TSAC.
2. The TSAC will review the signing request and develop a priority list to be presented to the NDDOT Director for approval.
3. Notification will be sent to the applicant upon NDDOT Director’s decision.

The TSAC will meet at a minimum of twice a year to review all incoming signing requests. Dates set are the first week of March and the last full week of August each year.

Send completed application to:
Tourist Signing Advisory Committee
Maintenance & Engineering Services Division
North Dakota Department of Transportation
608 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505-0700