Highways Agency - Safe roads, Reliable journeys, Informed travellers

Guidance for Safer Temporary Traffic Management - Issued 2002

Contents

Foreword

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Background
• 1.2 Terms of Reference
• 1.3 Use of Document
• 1.4 Associated Documents

2. Glossary of Terms

3. Health and Safety Issues

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Legal Issues
• 3.3 Risk Prevention in Design
• 3.4 Health and Safety Plan
  • 3.4.1 Pre-tender Health and Safety Plan
  • 3.4.2 The Health and Safety Plan for the construction phase
  • 3.4.3 Health and Safety Plans for term maintenance contracts
• 3.5 Reporting of Incidents

4. Health and Safety Responsibilities

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Client
• 4.3 Designer
  • 4.3.1 Subcontracting
  • 4.3.2 Co-operation with others
• 4.4 Planning Supervisor
  • 4.4.1 Duties
  • 4.4.2 Advice to Client
  • 4.4.3 Health and Safety Plan
  • 4.4.4 Project Notification
• 4.5 Principal Contractor
• 4.6 Site Supervisor
• 4.7 Contractor

5. Planning and Implementation of Traffic Management Operations

• 5.1 Roles and Tasks
• 5.2 Introduction
• 5.3 Preparation of Design Brief
  • 5.3.1 Highway Authority (and/ or their agents)
  • 5.3.2 Adjoining Highway Authorities
  • 5.3.3 Emergency Services
  • 5.3.4 Adjacent premises and works
  • 5.3.5 Statutory Undertakers
  • 5.3.6 Customers/Road users
• 5.4 Project Design - led by 'Project Designer'
  • 5.4.1 Site information
  • 5.4.2 Programming
  • 5.4.3 Minimise traffic disruption
  • 5.4.4 Use of space
  • 5.4.5 Safety Zones
  • 5.4.6 Use of edge protection/temporary widening
  • 5.4.7 Use of narrow lanes
  • 5.4.8 Use of temporary safety barriers
  • 5.4.9 Sight Lines
  • 5.4.10 Routes for emergency vehicles
  • 5.4.11 Works area access/egress
  • 5.4.12 Routes for site vehicles
  • 5.4.13 Routes for diverted vehicles
  • 5.4.14 Pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable users
  • 5.4.15 Material storage and deliveries
  • 5.4.16 Safe working hours
  • 5.4.17 Vehicle recovery operations
  • 5.4.18 Intelligent traffic systems (ITS)
  • 5.4.19 Speed Control
  • 5.4.20 Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders
  • 5.4.21 Incident Management
• 5.5 Detailed Traffic Management Design - led by 'Traffic Management Designer'
  • 5.5.1 Detailed layout of the traffic management scheme
  • 5.5.2 Safe taper positions
  • 5.5.3 Cross-overs
  • 5.5.4 Short-term traffic management to facilitate implementation of the main scheme
  • 5.5.5 Advance road user and frontager notification
  • 5.5.6 Treatment of existing permanent traffic signs and road markings
  • 5.5.7 Signing
  • 5.5.8 Running surfaces
  • 5.5.9 Documentation
  • 5.5.10 Consultation with the police
• 5.6 Post-Design Review - led by the 'Project Designer'
• 5.7 Temporary Traffic Management Operations
  • 5.7.1 Risk Assessment
  • 5.7.2 Formulation of method statement
  • 5.7.3 Deployment of temporary traffic management arrangements
  • 5.7.4 Maintenance of temporary traffic management arrangements
  • 5.7.5 Removal of temporary traffic management arrangements

6. Workforce Issues

• 6.1 General
• 6.2 Health
  • 6.2.1 Introduction
  • 6.2.2 Health Surveillance
  • 6.2.3 Health Assessments
• 6.3 Competency
• 6.4 Training
• 6.5 Working Hours
• 6.6 Personal Protective Equipment including High Visibility Clothing
  • 6.6.1 Selection
  • 6.6.2 Records of Issue
  • 6.6.3 High Visibility Clothing
  • 6.6.4 Foot Protection
  • 6.6.5 Head, Eye and Hearing Protection

7. Working in Hours of Darkness

• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Personnel Issues
• 7.3 Pre-Planning
• 7.4 Lighting
• 7.5 Work Practices
• 7.6 Noise
• 7.7 Communications

8. Traffic Management Equipment

• 8.1 Traffic Management Vehicles
• 8.2 Traffic Signs

9. References

10. Appendix A - Associated Documents

11. Appendix B - HSE Booklet ' Five Steps to Risk Assessment '

12. Appendix C - Incident Management

13. Appendix D - Assessment of Condition of Traffic Signs

This document, Guidance for Safer Temporary Traffic Management, is published on behalf of the Highways Agency, Health & Safety Executive and County Surveyors Society by TRL Ltd.

Hard copies are available from info@trl.co.uk. Price £35 including postage.