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ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA DOCUMENT NO. 0051706 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT/FINAL/28 MAY 2010
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Environmental Issue Management Strategy Responsibility Sub Plan/CE
Procedure
Safety of Road Users
and Construction
Staff
Stopping or Merging Traffic
The designer of the TCP is to consider the following issues if it is planned to stop traffic:
• Assess the likely queue length through consideration of:
• expected delay in minutes;
• hourly traffic volumes at the time of the work; and
• type or mix of traffic (more queue to be established for heavy vehicles);
• Signs and spacing of signs must be adequate to cover the expected queue
length with an additional 10% to cater for extra vehicles. This may require
duplicate signage to be erected to sufficiently inform the road users of the
expected queues;
• If the road is to be temporarily closed, consultation with the local Council and
police is necessary. Agreement with these two parties is necessary if a detour
of traffic via local streets is required;
• Sufficient width of roadway will be provided to allow for vehicle movements
where construction and line installation works require traffic management for
greater than one day (especially for road upgrade construction works on
Skinners Shoot Road); and
• Ballina Shire Council have suggested that vehicle management plans be
prepared for each high traffic volume region involving road crossings; and
• Community consultation is required to inform local residents and road users of
these two situations if they are to be implemented.
Works Coordinator
CEM2328 Traffic
Control: Safety