MassDOT Issues 2023 Edition of its Stormwater Design Guide

MassDOT Issues 2023 Edition of its Stormwater Design Guide


ACEC/MA has been notified, as of 11/28/23, that the MassDOT Highway Division has issued the 2023 edition of its Stormwater Design Guide.  This publication supersedes and replaces the Storm Water Handbook, issued in 2004. The Stormwater Design Guide should be used in the planning, design and permitting of stormwater management systems for MassDOT roadways, bridges and highway facilities.


The overall MassDOT Management Unit Page is here.


For additional information, please refer to Engineering Directive E-23-003, dated November 21, 2023.


MassDOT and ACEC/MA held a training session on the new guide on September 22, 2023.


– Virtual Session on Introducing: The MassDOT Stormwater Design Guide, presented by Henry Barbaro (now retired from MassDOT, Maria Briones, MassDOT and Lauren Caputo, VHB


PDF of Presentation