AS 1742.3-2009

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<text>AS 1742.3-2009 MANUAL OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES - TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR WORKS ON ROADS</text>
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<pageno>4</pageno>
<text>PREFACE</text>
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<text>CONTENTS</text>
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<text>SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL</text>
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<text>1.1 SCOPE</text>
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<text>1.2 OBJECTIVE</text>
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<text>1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS</text>
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<text>1.4 DEFINITIONS</text>
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<text>1.4.1 Built-up area</text>
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<text>1.4.2 Competent person</text>
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<text>1.4.3 Dimension D</text>
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<text>1.4.4 Expressway type road (expressway)</text>
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<text>1.4.5 Long-term</text>
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<text>1.4.6 May</text>
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<text>1.4.7 Multilane</text>
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<text>1.4.8 Open road area</text>
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<text>1.4.9 Road safety barrier system</text>
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<text>1.4.10 Road user</text>
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<text>1.4.11 Roadway</text>
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<text>1.4.12 Running lane</text>
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<text>1.4.13 Shall</text>
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<text>1.4.14 Should</text>
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<text>1.4.15 Short-term</text>
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<text>1.4.16 Speed of traffic (traffic speed)</text>
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<text>1.4.17 Traffic</text>
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<text>1.4.18 Traffic controller</text>
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<text>1.4.19 Traffic guidance scheme</text>
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<text>1.4.20 Two-way roadway</text>
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<text>1.4.21 Travelled path</text>
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<text>1.4.22 Work area</text>
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<text>1.4.23 Work site</text>
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<text>1.5 RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY AT WORK SITES</text>
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<text>1.6 FIELD GUIDES</text>
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<text>SECTION 2 PRINCIPLES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF A TRAFFIC GUIDANCE SCHEME</text>
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<text>2.1 GENERAL</text>
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<text>2.2 PLANNING</text>
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<text>2.2.1 Traffic guidance schemes</text>
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<text>2.2.2 Traffic management plans</text>
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<text>2.2.3 Risk management</text>
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<text>2.3 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT</text>
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<text>2.3.1 General</text>
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<text>2.3.2 Safety and convenience</text>
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<text>2.3.3 Traffic through the work area</text>
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<text>2.3.4 Traffic past the work area</text>
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<text>2.3.5 Traffic around the work area (side-tracks and detours)</text>
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<text>2.3.6 Night conditions</text>
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<text>2.3.7 Provision for pedestrians and bicycles</text>
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<text>2.3.8 Temporary footpaths and pedestrian crossing</text>
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<text>2.4 DEVICE REQUIREMENTS</text>
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<text>2.4.1 Selection and use</text>
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<text>2.4.2 Delineation</text>
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<text>2.4.3 Night conditions</text>
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<text>2.4.4 Adjustment to existing devices</text>
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<text>2.4.5 Safety barriers</text>
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<text>2.4.6 Vehicle size and load restrictions</text>
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<text>2.5 INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL</text>
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<text>2.5.1 Condition of devices</text>
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<text>2.5.2 Positioning of devices</text>
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<text>2.5.3 Setting out and recovery of devices</text>
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<text>2.5.4 Orientation of sign</text>
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<text>2.5.5 Inspection</text>
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<text>2.5.6 Publicity</text>
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<text>2.5.7 Removal</text>
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<text>2.6 OPERATION</text>
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<text>2.6.1 Daily routine and work site records</text>
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<text>2.6.2 Layout variation</text>
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<text>2.6.3 Maintenance of devices</text>
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<text>2.6.4 Use of high visibility clothing</text>
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<text>2.6.5 Hazard avoidance</text>
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<text>2.6.6 Closures and delays</text>
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<text>2.6.7 Safety audit</text>
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<text>2.7 EMERGENCY AND UNPLANNED WORKS</text>
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<text>SECTION 3 DESCRIPTION AND USE OF SIGNS AND DEVICES</text>
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<text>3.1 FUNCTIONS OF DEVICES</text>
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<text>3.2 FORMAT AND SIZE OF SIGNS</text>
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<text>3.2.1 Format of signs</text>
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<text>3.2.2 Retroreflective material</text>
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<text>3.2.3 Sign sizes in the T Series</text>
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<text>3.3 SIGN MOUNTINGS</text>
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<text>3.3.1 General</text>
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<text>3.3.2 Multiple sign displays</text>
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<text>3.4 SIGNS AND DEVICES FOR WORK SITE APPROACHES AND DEPARTURES</text>
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<text>3.4.1 General</text>
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<text>3.4.2 ROADWORK AHEAD (T1-1, T1-31), ROADWORK X km AHEAD (T1-16)</text>
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<text>3.4.3 BRIDGEWORK AHEAD (T1-2), BRIDGEWORK X km AHEAD (T1-29)</text>
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<text>3.4.4 Workers (symbolic) (T1-5)</text>
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<text>3.4.5 ROAD PLANT AHEAD (T1-3), GRADER AHEAD (T1-4)</text>
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<text>3.4.6 ROADWORK NEXT X km (T1-24), ROADWORK ON SIDE ROAD (T1-25), ROAD PLANT ON SIDE ROAD (T1-27), SIDE ROAD CLOSED (T1-32)</text>
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<text>3.4.7 NEXT 2 km (T1-28)</text>
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<text>3.4.8 END ROADWORK (T2-16, T2-17)</text>
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<text>3.5 SIGNS AND DEVICES FOR REGULATORY CONTROL OF TRAFFIC</text>
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<text>3.5.1 General</text>
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<text>3.5.2 Manual control</text>
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<text>3.5.3 Sign control, single lane operation</text>
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<text>3.5.4 Traffic signal control</text>
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<text>3.5.5 Temporary speed limits</text>
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<text>3.6 DETOUR SIGNS</text>
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<text>3.6.1 General</text>
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<text>3.6.2 DETOUR AHEAD (T1-6)</text>
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<text>3.6.3 END DETOUR (T2-23)</text>
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<text>3.6.4 DETOUR (T5-1)</text>
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<text>3.6.5 Detour marker (T5-6)</text>
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<text>3.6.6 LOW BRIDGE AHEAD ... m, HIGH VEHICLES DETOUR (G9-3)</text>
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<text>3.6.7 DETOUR FOR ... VEHICLES (G9-5)</text>
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<text>3.6.8 Two-way Traffic (W4-11)</text>
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<text>3.6.9 All Traffic Turn (R2-14)</text>
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<text>3.6.10 No Left Turn (R2-6(L)), No Right Turn (R-6(R)), NO ENTRY (R2-4)</text>
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<text>3.6.11 LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY (G9-40-2)</text>
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<text>3.7 ROAD CONDITION SIGNS</text>
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<text>3.7.1 General</text>
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<text>3.7.2 Slippery, (T3-3), SOFT EDGES (T3-6), ROUGH SURFACE (T3-7), Loose Stones (T3-9), GRAVEL; ROAD (T3-13), LOOSE...</text>
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<text>3.7.3 Advisory Speed signs (T3-16)</text>
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<text>3.7.4 NEW WORK, NO LINES MARKED (T3-11)</text>
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<text>3.8 SIGNS AND DEVICES FOR LANE AND ROAD CLOSURES</text>
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<text>3.8.1 General</text>
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<text>3.8.2 Signs</text>
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<text>3.8.3 Barricades</text>
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<text>3.9 DEVICES FOR DELINEATING AND INDICATING THE TRAVELLED PATH</text>
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<text>3.9.1 Traffic cones and temporary bollards</text>
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<text>3.9.2 Roadworks delineators</text>
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<text>3.9.3 Temporary Hazard markers (T5-4, T5-5)</text>
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<text>3.9.4 Pavement markings</text>
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<text>3.9.5 Raised retroreflective pavement markers</text>
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<text>3.9.6 Temporary kerbing</text>
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<text>3.10 CONTAINMENT FENCES AND ROAD SAFETY BARRIER SYSTEMS</text>
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<text>3.10.1 Containment fences</text>
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<text>3.10.2 Longitudinal channelizing barricades</text>
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<text>3.10.3 Road safety barrier systems</text>
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<text>3.10.4 Temporary crash attenuators</text>
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<text>3.11 LAMPS</text>
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<text>3.12 VEHICLE-MOUNTED SIGNS AND DEVICES</text>
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<text>3.12.1 Vehicle-mounted warning device</text>
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<text>3.12.2 Illuminated flashing arrow sign</text>
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<text>3.12.3 Supplementary vehicle-mounted signs</text>
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<text>3.12.4 Painting of vehicles and machinery</text>
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<text>3.12.5 Truck-mounted crash attenuator</text>
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<text>3.13 BLASTING WORK SIGNS</text>
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<text>3.13.1 General</text>
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<text>3.13.2 BLASTING AREA SWITCH OFF RADIO TRANSMITTERS AND MOBILE PHONES (T4-4)</text>
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<text>3.13.3 END BLASTING AREA (T4-3)</text>
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<text>3.14 SIGNS AND DEVICES FOR PEDESTRIAN CONTROL</text>
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<text>3.14.1 General</text>
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<text>3.14.2 PEDESTRIANS WATCH YOUR STEP (T8-1)</text>
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<text>3.14.3 PEDESTRIANS (arrow) (T8-2)</text>
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<text>3.14.4 USE OTHER FOOTPATH (T8-3)</text>
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<text>3.14.5 LOOK BOTH WAYS, TWO-WAY TRAFFIC (T8-5)</text>
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<text>3.14.6 Pedestrian containment</text>
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<text>3.15 SIGNS AND DEVICES FOR VEHICLE HEIGHT AND MASS RESTRICTIONS</text>
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<text>3.15.1 General</text>
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<text>3.15.2 BRIDGE LOAD LIMIT ... t GROSS (R6-3)</text>
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<text>3.15.3 LOW CLEARANCE ... m (R6-11)</text>
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<text>3.15.4 CLEARANCE ... m (R6-12)</text>
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<pageno>58</pageno>
<text>3.15.5 LOW CLEARANCE ... m (W4-8)</text>
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<pageno>58</pageno>
<text>3.15.6 Low clearance warning gauge</text>
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<text>3.16 OTHER SIGNS AND DEVICES</text>
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<text>3.16.1 General</text>
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<text>3.16.2 Trucks</text>
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<text>3.16.3 POWER LINE WORKS IN PROGRESS (T4-5)</text>
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<text>3.16.4 High-visibility clothing for work personnel</text>
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<text>3.16.5 TRAFFIC HAZARD (T1-10)</text>
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<text>3.16.6 Variable message signs</text>
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<text>3.16.7 Antiglare screen</text>
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<text>SECTION 4 PROCEDURES FOR THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES</text>
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<text>4.1 GENERAL</text>
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<text>4.1.1 Scope of Section</text>
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<text>4.1.2 Maintaining a safe workplace</text>
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<text>4.1.3 Works protection methods</text>
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<pageno>63</pageno>
<text>4.1.4 Components of a typical work site</text>
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<pageno>64</pageno>
<text>4.1.5 Dimension D</text>
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<text>4.1.6 Tolerances on positioning</text>
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<pageno>65</pageno>
<text>4.2 STATIC WORK SITES</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='171'>
<pageno>68</pageno>
<text>4.3 SHORT-TERM LOW IMPACT WORKS-OPEN ROAD AREAS</text>
<bookmark index='172'>
<pageno>68</pageno>
<text>4.3.1 General</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='173'>
<pageno>68</pageno>
<text>4.3.2 Work between gaps in traffic</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='174'>
<pageno>69</pageno>
<text>4.3.3 Short term work in traffic</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='175'>
<pageno>69</pageno>
<text>4.3.4 Frequently changing work area</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='176'>
<pageno>70</pageno>
<text>4.3.5 Shoulder grading and mowing on sealed roads in open road areas</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='177'>
<pageno>70</pageno>
<text>4.3.6 Mobile inspections</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='178'>
<pageno>70</pageno>
<text>4.3.7 Work off-roadway</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='179'>
<pageno>71</pageno>
<text>4.4 SHORT-TERM LOW IMPACT WORKS-BUILT-UP AREAS</text>
<bookmark index='180'>
<pageno>71</pageno>
<text>4.4.1 General</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='181'>
<pageno>71</pageno>
<text>4.4.2 Frequently changing work area-Work not within traffic lane</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='182'>
<pageno>71</pageno>
<text>4.4.3 Frequently changing work area-Work within a traffic lane</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='183'>
<pageno>72</pageno>
<text>4.4.4 Works on medians, verges and footpaths</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='184'>
<pageno>73</pageno>
<text>4.4.5 Street sweeping and garbage collection</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='185'>
<pageno>73</pageno>
<text>4.4.6 Work between gaps in traffic</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='186'>
<pageno>73</pageno>
<text>4.5 WORKS ON UNSEALED ROADS</text>
<bookmark index='187'>
<pageno>73</pageno>
<text>4.5.1 General</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='188'>
<pageno>74</pageno>
<text>4.5.2 Maintenance grading and resheeting</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='189'>
<pageno>74</pageno>
<text>4.5.3 Short term partial road closures</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='190'>
<pageno>75</pageno>
<text>4.6 MOBILE WORKS</text>
<bookmark index='191'>
<pageno>75</pageno>
<text>4.6.1 General</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='192'>
<pageno>78</pageno>
<text>4.6.2 Work convoy arrangements</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='193'>
<pageno>78</pageno>
<text>4.6.3 Operating principles</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='194'>
<pageno>82</pageno>
<text>4.6.4 Signs</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='195'>
<pageno>83</pageno>
<text>4.6.5 Mobile temporary speed zones</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='196'>
<pageno>85</pageno>
<text>4.7 ADVANCE AND TERMINATION WARNING SIGNS</text>
<bookmark index='197'>
<pageno>85</pageno>
<text>4.7.1 General</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='198'>
<pageno>85</pageno>
<text>4.7.2 Advance sign selection</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='199'>
<pageno>88</pageno>
<text>4.7.3 Intermediate advance signs</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='200'>
<pageno>88</pageno>
<text>4.7.4 Advance warning distances</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='201'>
<pageno>88</pageno>
<text>4.7.5 Sign display</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='202'>
<pageno>88</pageno>
<text>4.7.6 Frequently changing work area</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='203'>
<pageno>88</pageno>
<text>4.7.7 Mobile works</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='204'>
<pageno>88</pageno>
<text>4.7.8 Avoiding end-of-queue collisions</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='205'>
<pageno>89</pageno>
<text>4.7.9 Termination signs</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='206'>
<pageno>90</pageno>
<text>4.8 APPROACH TAPERS</text>
<bookmark index='207'>
<pageno>90</pageno>
<text>4.8.1 General</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='208'>
<pageno>90</pageno>
<text>4.8.2 Lane closures</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='209'>
<pageno>92</pageno>
<text>4.8.3 Devices</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='210'>
<pageno>92</pageno>
<text>4.9 CREATING A TEMPORARY SPEED ZONE AT WORKS ON ROADS</text>
<bookmark index='211'>
<pageno>92</pageno>
<text>4.9.1 General</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='212'>
<pageno>93</pageno>
<text>4.9.2 Speed zones for workplace safety purposes</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='213'>
<pageno>93</pageno>
<text>4.9.3 Speed zones for traffic safety purposes</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='214'>
<pageno>95</pageno>
<text>4.9.4 Duration</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='215'>
<pageno>95</pageno>
<text>4.9.5 Advance warning of temporary speed zones (buffer zones)</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='216'>
<pageno>95</pageno>
<text>4.9.6 Start of zone</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='217'>
<pageno>96</pageno>
<text>4.9.7 End of zone</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='218'>
<pageno>96</pageno>
<text>4.9.8 Repeater signs</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='219'>
<pageno>96</pageno>
<text>4.9.9 Offset speed zones</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='220'>
<pageno>99</pageno>
<text>4.10 TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS</text>
<bookmark index='221'>
<pageno>99</pageno>
<text>4.10.1 Application</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='222'>
<pageno>99</pageno>
<text>4.10.2 Equipment</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='223'>
<pageno>99</pageno>
<text>4.10.3 Sight distance</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='224'>
<pageno>99</pageno>
<text>4.10.4 Control of approach speed</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='225'>
<pageno>99</pageno>
<text>4.10.5 Period of duty</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='226'>
<pageno>99</pageno>
<text>4.10.6 Traffic controller competency</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='227'>
<pageno>100</pageno>
<text>4.11 PORTABLE TRAFFIC SIGNALS</text>
<bookmark index='228'>
<pageno>100</pageno>
<text>4.11.1 General</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='229'>
<pageno>100</pageno>
<text>4.11.2 Operation</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='230'>
<pageno>100</pageno>
<text>4.11.3 Approach conditions and speed</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='231'>
<pageno>101</pageno>
<text>4.11.4 Performance monitoring</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='232'>
<pageno>101</pageno>
<text>4.12 PILOT VEHICLE</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='233'>
<pageno>103</pageno>
<text>4.13 MAINTAINING TRAFFIC FLOW</text>
<bookmark index='234'>
<pageno>103</pageno>
<text>4.13.1 Length of single-lane operation under reversible flow</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='235'>
<pageno>103</pageno>
<text>4.13.2 Number of lanes for each direction of flow</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='236'>
<pageno>104</pageno>
<text>4.13.3 Lane widths</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='237'>
<pageno>105</pageno>
<text>4.13.4 Edge clearances</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='238'>
<pageno>105</pageno>
<text>4.13.5 Work in residential streets</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='239'>
<pageno>106</pageno>
<text>4.14 DETOURS, SIDE-TRACKS AND CROSSOVERS</text>
<bookmark index='240'>
<pageno>106</pageno>
<text>4.14.1 General</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='241'>
<pageno>106</pageno>
<text>4.14.2 Surface condition</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='242'>
<pageno>106</pageno>
<text>4.14.3 Alignment, width and capacity</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='243'>
<pageno>109</pageno>
<text>4.14.4 Provision for pedestrians, bicycles, wheelchairs and public transport</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='244'>
<pageno>109</pageno>
<text>4.14.5 Access for local traffic</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='245'>
<pageno>109</pageno>
<text>4.14.6 Delineation</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='246'>
<pageno>110</pageno>
<text>4.14.7 Continuity of signing at a detour</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='247'>
<pageno>110</pageno>
<text>4.14.8 Reversed traffic direction</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='248'>
<pageno>111</pageno>
<text>4.14.9 Freeway exit closures</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='249'>
<pageno>111</pageno>
<text>4.14.10 Detours for high and heavy vehicles</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='250'>
<pageno>112</pageno>
<text>4.15 EXCAVATION WORKS</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='251'>
<pageno>113</pageno>
<text>APPENDIX A - DAILY ROUTINE TASKS AND RECORD KEEPING</text>
<bookmark index='252'>
<pageno>113</pageno>
<text>A1 SCOPE</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='253'>
<pageno>113</pageno>
<text>A2 RECORD KEEPING</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='254'>
<pageno>114</pageno>
<text>A3 DAILY ROUTINE TASKS</text>
<bookmark index='255'>
<pageno>114</pageno>
<text>A3.1 General</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='256'>
<pageno>114</pageno>
<text>A3.2 Before work starts</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='257'>
<pageno>114</pageno>
<text>A3.3 During hours of work</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='258'>
<pageno>114</pageno>
<text>A3.4 Closing down at the end of the day</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='259'>
<pageno>115</pageno>
<text>A3.5 After hours</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='260'>
<pageno>116</pageno>
<text>APPENDIX B - EMERGENCY AND UNPLANNED WORKS</text>
<bookmark index='261'>
<pageno>116</pageno>
<text>B1 GENERAL</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='262'>
<pageno>116</pageno>
<text>B2 INITIAL RESPONSE</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='263'>
<pageno>118</pageno>
<text>B3 FOLLOW-UP PROTECTION</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='264'>
<pageno>119</pageno>
<text>APPENDIX C - MODEL INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS</text>
<bookmark index='265'>
<pageno>119</pageno>
<text>C1 SCOPE</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='266'>
<pageno>119</pageno>
<text>C2 INSTRUCTIONS</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='267'>
<pageno>122</pageno>
<text>APPENDIX D - PROTECTION AND DELINEATION AT EXCAVATION WORKS</text>
<bookmark index='268'>
<pageno>122</pageno>
<text>D1 DETERMINATION OF NEED</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='269'>
<pageno>122</pageno>
<text>D2 LATERAL CLEARANCE</text>
</bookmark>
<bookmark index='270'>
<pageno>122</pageno>
<text>D3 MEANS OF PROTECTION OR DELINEATION</text>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
</bookmark>
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Abstract

Specifies the traffic control measures and devices to be used to warn, instruct and guide road users in the safe negotiation of work sites on roads including unsealed roads together with footpaths, shared paths and bicycle paths adjacent to the roadway. It is applicable to traffic guidance schemes for road and bridge construction and maintenance sites, works associated with other public utilities and services, or any other works which cause interference or obstruction to the normal use of a road by any road user. It also provides guidance for the planning, design, installation and operation of such traffic guidance schemes together with requirements for maintaining a safe workplace for workers on site.<p>JanMayStdsLegRoad</p>

Scope

This Standard specifies the traffic control measures and devices to be used to warn, instruct and guide road users in the safe negotiation of work sites on roads including unsealed roads together with footpaths, shared paths and bicycle paths adjacent to the roadway. It is applicable to traffic guidance schemes for road and bridge construction and maintenance sites, works associated with other public utilities and services, or any other works which cause interference or obstruction to the normal use of a road by any road user. It also provides guidance for the planning, design, installation and operation of such traffic guidance schemes together with requirements for maintaining a safe workplace for workers on site.
NOTES:
1 Detailed specifications for the design and manufacture of the signs used are given in AS 1743.
2 This Standard is intended for use in conjunction with the various State and Commonwealth regulations relating to works on roads.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Standards Australia
Pages
ISBN
Committee	MS-012
Supersedes	DR 07220 AS 1742.3-2002