Highways Agency - Safe roads, Reliable journeys, Informed travellers

Foreword

The live carriageway of almost any road is a hostile environment in which to work. In particular, during the periods when traffic management arrangements are being set up, changed, maintained, or removed, operatives may need to work on the live carriageway without the protection afforded by the fully installed Chapter 8 layouts. It is therefore in the interests of both road users and the workforce that temporary traffic management operations are designed, planned and implemented in accordance with a safe system of work. The purpose of this document is to promote such a system.

All major elements of the highway industry, including Highway Authorities, Contractors, maintenance agents, police, health and safety practitioners and enforcers, and highway research specialists, were represented in the group which has produced this document. It is recommended as a framework for the Quality Plans and method statements of all organisations involved in the planning or implementation of temporary traffic management operations.

Contributors to the Publication

• Mr N.T. Powell Cornwall CC/CSS (Chairman)
• Mr J. P. Beamish Highways Agency
• Mr G. Beswick H.W. Martin (Traffic Management) Ltd./TMCA
• Mr R. Brown Association of Chief Police Officers Traffic Committee
• Mr K. Bruce Northumberland CC/CSS
• Mr I. J. Burrow TRL Ltd.
• Mr G. A. Coe TRL Ltd.
• Mr R. Fraser Northumberland CC/CSS
• Mr C.A.A. Glen Highways Agency
• Mr D.J. Jones Cheshire CC/CSS
• Mr R.E. Malthouse W.S. Atkins Consultants Ltd./Trunk Road Maintenance Agent
• Mr J. McGowan Cheshire CC/CSS
• Mr B.S. Neale Health and Safety Executive
• Mr R. Pearson Associated Asphalt Traffic Management Ltd./TMCA
• Mr S. Peckitt Health and Safety Executive
• Mr L. Railton Health and Safety Executive
• Mr D.R. Rhodes Term Maintenance Contractors Safety Forum
• Mr D Smith Association of Chief Police Officers Traffic Committee
• Mr M. Stephenson Cornwall CC/CSS
• Mrs S. Thompson Health and Safety Executive
• Mr H. Warner Devon CC/CSS
• Mr C. Webster Amey Highways Ltd./Trunk Road Maintenance Contractor