Traffic Accident Memorial Permit

After January 1, 2003, relatives or friends of a person killed in a traffic accident upon a state highway may obtain an approved encroachment permit from the Department prior to installing, maintaining or removing a memorial within the state highway right-of-way. As a condition of permit approval, the individual(s) wishing to install a memorial needs to provide the Department with the following: (3-31-22) 01. Written Approval from the Next of Kin. Written approval from the decedent’s next of kin, who are related by blood, marriage or adoption; and (3-31-22) 02. Written Approval from the Property Owner. Written approval from all property owners whose property is within a five hundred foot (500’) radius of the proposed memorial location. (3-31-22)