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10. Appendix A - Associated Documents

A.1 Introduction

There are several documents that provide guidance about traffic management at road works and associated matters. These documents are listed in this Appendix together with information about their role and application and an indication of how they relate to each other and to this current document.

A.1.1 Notes for Guidance : Safety at Road Works 1994

Much of the broader principles and general advice contained within this document has been updated and subsumed within this current document which replaces it.

A.1.2 Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD)

This document is a statutory instrument, and sets out those sign faces and road markings that may be displayed legally on the highway. This document is not a specification and should not be treated as such, but its provisions are mandatory.

A.1.3 Planning for Safety

The sub-title for this document is "Guidance Notes for the Health and Safety of Workers at In-Service Motorway Road Works Sites". It was published jointly by the Department of Transport and the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors in 1992. Its prime aim was to ensure that adequate planning for space, resources and materials took place at the pre-tender stage. Much of the relevant contents of "Planning for Safety" has been updated and subsumed within Guidance for Safer Traffic Management.

A.1.4 Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual

This document, together with those subsequent advice notes and standards which have updated and extended its contents, provides guidance for temporary traffic management Designers in relation to the signs shown in Schedule 12 (Signs for Road Works) of TSRGD. This document possesses no statutory powers, (except in Northern Ireland) but is universally recognised as containing good practice. It is not a specification and a requirement that traffic management should be in accordance with it, should not be regarded as a substitute for temporary traffic management design. It should be noted that, for mobile lane closures, Chapter 8 has been replaced by TD49. Guidance for Safer Temporary Traffic Management provides a framework for the safe planning and execution of the design requirements contained within Chapter 8.

A.1.5 The Specification for Highway Works

This specification has been developed by the Highways Agency in association with other elements of the Manual of Contract Documents. It is used in most road works contracts for the Highways Agency, and in many road works contracts for other Highway Authorities.

A.1.6 National Highway Sector Schemes

These national schemes establish a quality benchmark for the planning, training and management undertaken by Traffic Management Contractors, which is audited by independent certification bodies. The National Sector Schemes are listed in a document M4 - "UKAS Publications" which is published by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). Guidance for Safer Temporary Traffic Management will provide a framework for the planning and operational activities set out in quality plans.

A.1.7 Safety at Street Works and Road Works

This is a statutory document with powers under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. Although it does not apply to Highway Authority road works, the contents of this document are generally in accordance with the contents of Chapter 8. Guidance for Safer Temporary Traffic Management is not aimed at the works carried out in accordance with "Safety at Street Works and Road Works", but many of its general principles are applicable.

A.1.8 Traffic Management Contractors Association (TMCA) - Notes for Guidance

This document deals with the requirements for the establishment, maintenance, and removal of static temporary traffic management on motorways and high speed dual carriageways.

A.1.9 Joint ACPO/HA Guidance on Police involvement in Traffic Management at major Road works

This publication relates to the setting-up, alteration and removal of temporary traffic management at major road works including lane and carriageway closures and contra-flows etc. It is intended to clarify roles and responsibilities and regularise disparate practices and expectations amongst police, HA staff and contractors. It visualises a significantly reduced role for police in these activities.

A.1.10 Joint RSDA/CSS Code of practice for signing at surface dressing sites

This publication sets out the particular requirements for signing and traffic management when carrying out surface dressing work.