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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

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