Connecticut Department of Transportation

To support essential travelers during the COVID-19 public health crisis, CTDOT has launched a temporary program for food trucks to operate at highway Rest Areas in Danbury (I-84), Middletown (I-91), Wallingford (I-91) and North Stonington (I-95). Read more here: Food Trucks Temporarily Permitted at CTDOT Highway Rest Areas

INSTRUCTIONS AND TEMPLATE FOR
CONVERTING AN EXISTING SPECIAL PROVISION

Special Provision template rules!
  1. SpecHead1 should be used for Title of Special Provision
  2. SpecHead2 should be used for Sub-Title or Article of Special Provision

Instructions for converting a Special Provision document to the new template.
  1. Click the Special Provision Template link at the bottom of the page.
    • For Microsoft Internet Explorer users, Microsoft Word (and the template file) may launch within your browser.  If this happens, you may either work in this window or you may save the template file (using the "file/save as" command) and reopen this file in Microsoft Word. 
    • Netscape users may have difficulty opening the template file.  A (.zip) template file is also provided at the bottom of the page.  This file may unzipped using WINZIP software.  Once unzipped, follow the instructions below.
    1. Open Microsoft Word (if Word did not launch in Step 1)
    2. Click File/Open
    • Select and open Special Provision Template file.
    • Select and open existing Special Provision file
    • Click Edit/Select All
    • Click Edit/Copy
    1. Click File/Close (return to template)
    2. Press Crtl + End
    3. Click Edit/Paste
    4. Press Crtl + Home
    5. Find each Special Provision heading and change it to the appropriate format
    • Select desired heading (by highlighting)
    • Click Format/Style
    • Select appropriate Style (SpecHead1 or SpecHead2 as outlined above)
    • Click Apply
    1. Change or Delete the Header and Footer data (Revision Date and Item Number/General)
    • Click View/Header/Footer
    • Change or Delete the Revision Date at the top of the page
    • Change
      • the Rev. Date
    • Double-click on the mm
      • Type the appropriate month
    • Double-click on the dd
      • Type the appropriate day
    • Double-click on the yy
      • Type the appropriate year
    • Delete
      •  the Rev. Date
    • Click and drag to select Rev. date text
      • Press Delete key
    • Click Switch between Header and Footer button on the Header/Footer toolbar.
    • Double-click on the word GENERAL
      • Type ITEM plus Item number (ex. ITEM #0999999A)
    • Click the word Close on the Header and Footer toolbar
    1. Remove instructions for using Special Provision
    • Press Ctrl + Home
    • Select instructions (by highlighting)
    • Press Delete key
    1. Verify/Change Font
    • Click Edit/Select All
    • Click Format/Font
    • Select Times New Roman, if needed
    • Click OK
    1. Click File/Save As
    • Type desired name (0999999A or 0999999AM for metric specs)
    • If preparing document in newer version of Microsoft Word, save as "Word 97" file type
    • Click save
    1. Click File/Print

    To open the Microsoft Word (.doc) Template file, click on the link below
    SPECIAL PROVISION TEMPLATE (.doc)
    To download the (.zip) Template file, click on the link below
    SPECIAL PROVISION TEMPLATE (.zip)