2Designing a Traffic Guidance Scheme using Event Traffic Marshals#
Changes to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 allow Event Organisers to engage ETMs to undertake limited traffic control duties in low-risk environments, where specified on the approved Traffic Guidance Scheme (TGS) for the event. TMDs, therefore, play a vital role in the evaluation of risks and determining whether event locations and arrangements are suitable for ETM use. As with the development of all Traffic Management Plans (TMPs) and TGSs, the TMD should consider risk (refer to Queensland Guide to Temporary Traffic Management (QGTTM) and to the Event Traffic Management Design Guidelines (ETDMG). TMDs should document all assumptions and assessments of risk when considering whether to specify the use of ETMs as part of a TGS. If the road environment is assessed as being more complex, then traffic control shall only be undertaken by accredited Traffic Controllers or Police Officers.
| Road risk attributes for situations where Event Traffic Marshalls can be deployed | Additional factors that should be considered when determining if an environment is low risk |
|---|---|
| • Speed limit or speed environment of 60 km/h or less • Highest volume while the event is in progress: 200 vehicles / hour • Road type: two-way two-lane or one-way one-lane • Available sight distance • Road geometry • Timing of event • Volume and type of heavy vehicles | • Not at a signalised intersection • Not at an at-grade railway crossing • Number of event participants or spectators • Crash history |
Table in words
- For road risk attributes for situations where Event Traffic Marshalls can be deployed, the speed limit or speed environment is 60 km/h or less.
- For road risk attributes for situations where Event Traffic Marshalls can be deployed, the highest volume while the event is in progress is 200 vehicles / hour.
- For road risk attributes for situations where Event Traffic Marshalls can be deployed, the road type is two-way two-lane or one-way one-lane.
- For road risk attributes for situations where Event Traffic Marshalls can be deployed, available sight distance should be considered.
- For road risk attributes for situations where Event Traffic Marshalls can be deployed, road geometry should be considered.
- For road risk attributes for situations where Event Traffic Marshalls can be deployed, timing of event should be considered.
- For road risk attributes for situations where Event Traffic Marshalls can be deployed, volume and type of heavy vehicles should be considered.
- For additional factors that should be considered when determining if an environment is low risk, it is not at a signalised intersection.
- For additional factors that should be considered when determining if an environment is low risk, it is not at an at-grade railway crossing.
- For additional factors that should be considered when determining if an environment is low risk, number of event participants or spectators should be considered.
- For additional factors that should be considered when determining if an environment is low risk, crash history should be considered.
Refer to ETDMG for more information on road risk attributes for situations where ETMs can be deployed and additional factors that should be considered when determining if an environment is low risk.
