Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality
Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality
Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality
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o tourism/Facility signs policy<br />
o level of road sign provision<br />
o choice of road sign materials<br />
o substructure details<br />
o SARTSM code numbers<br />
o map, diagram or GIS<br />
o letter types and sizes<br />
o maintenance policy for road signs<br />
• Step 2 : System Design of Road Signs<br />
o reference system for road signs<br />
o system information – existing signs<br />
o application of policy guidelines<br />
o site layouts, lane configurations and special conditions<br />
o prepare system design systematically<br />
o link system design to GIS<br />
• Step 3 : Detail Design of Road Signs<br />
o use policy guidelines and system design to prepare detail design of road<br />
signs<br />
o link detail design through CAD to GIS<br />
• Step 4 : Inventory of Road Signs (Existing)<br />
o capturing of data<br />
o link to GIS database<br />
• Step 5 : Maintaining of Road Sign Performance and Maintenance<br />
Procedures<br />
o capturing of maintenance procedures<br />
o link data to GIS database<br />
• Step 6 : Management of Road Sign System<br />
o extract information from database and GIS<br />
o enquiries through computerised system<br />
o prepare reports as requested to support decision making<br />
The follow ing procedures are recorded as part of the maintenance and monitoring of<br />
road signs and road markings:<br />
• updating of information after erection, inspection or maintenance has been<br />
executed;<br />
• preparation of tasks on job cards;<br />
• dealing w ith complaints and capturing data related to road signs;<br />
• inspection frequency;<br />
• reason for maintenance (accidents, fire, vandalism, etc.);<br />
• cost of maintenance per activity (labour, material, transport);<br />
• details of claims w here road signs are involved;<br />
• set maintenance criteria linked to maintenance priorities;<br />
• after maintenance criteria have been established, it is possible to list<br />
maintenance priorities according to the importance of the road (road class) or<br />
functional class of road signs;<br />
• maintenance action codes are selected to assist in the maintenance updating<br />
procedures and to link maintenance actions to a costing system; and<br />
• the cost of labour, materials, equipment and transport needs to be captured for<br />
every work order.<br />
(d)<br />
Outputs<br />
SDM DITP, 2008 to 2013 140 31 Aug 2010