7Traffic management inspection#

7.1General#

Traffic Management Inspection is an independent review to establish conformance with the approved TMP and TGS, and with the performance requirements of this Technical Specification.

Traffic Management Inspections shall occur in the following circumstances:

  • for motorways, any work site that is in place for two weeks or longer
  • for all projects over $10 million in construction value
  • work site is in proximity to significant vulnerable road user generators (schools, hospitals, shopping centres, entertainment venues, events during construction and so on) or has complex arrangements for vulnerable road users, and
  • for all other projects as specified in Clause 6.1 of Annexure MRTS02.1.

7.2Officer undertaking traffic management inspection#

The officer undertaking the inspection of the TMP and TGS, shall be accountable to the Contractor and is responsible for the independent inspection of the TMP and TGS and other requirements contained within the TMP. This officer may be an employee of the Contractor, but shall be independent of the project. They shall also be independent of the process of designing and implementing the TMP and TGS. Where the Contractor is the party designing and implementing the TMP and TGS, documentation shall be provided to demonstrate the officer undertaking the inspection is sufficiently independent of the team undertaking the traffic management works.

The officer undertaking the inspection shall have the requisite level of training / experience outlined in Table 7.2.

Table 7.2 – Requirements for officer undertaking traffic management inspection
Level of ComplexityOfficer undertaking Traffic management inspection – level of training / experience
TMP and TGS are developed using the principles from the Queensland MUTCD Part 3 and QGTTM to develop site specific diagrams.Successful completion of Transport and Main Roads approved Traffic Management Design training course delivered by a registered training organisation.
TMP and TGS entail complex traffic management schemes which have significant impacts on delays or traffic rerouting.Successful completion of Transport and Main Roads approved Traffic Management Design training course delivered by a registered training organisation, and Additional qualifications and/or experience as nominated in Clause 6.2 of Annexure MRTS02.1
Work site is in proximity to significant vulnerable road user generators (schools, hospitals, shopping centres, and so on), or has complex arrangements for vulnerable road users.Successful completion of Transport and Main Roads approved Traffic Management Design training course delivered by a registered training organisation, Person competent in undertaking risk assessment or registered as a Queensland Road Safety Auditor, and Additional qualifications and/or experience as nominated in Clause 6.2 of Annexure MRTS02.1
TMP and TGS entails innovations, alternatives and departures from standards resulting in treatments other than specified in the Queensland MUTCD Part 3 and QGTTM.An appropriately experienced RPEQ with successful completion of Transport and Main Roads approved Traffic Management Design Training course delivered by a registered training organisation, and Additional qualifications and/or experience as nominated in Clause 6.2 of Annexure MRTS02.1

7.3Scope of the traffic management inspection#

The inspection of the TMP and TGS shall determine at a minimum the following:

  • The conformance of the TMP and the TGS to the requirements of:
  • − this MRTS02 Provision for Traffic and Annexures
  • − Queensland MUTCD Part 3
  • − QGTTM
  • − Guideline – Traffic Management at Works on Roads, and
  • − Technical Notes.
  • The safety of road users, including vulnerable road users (bicyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists).
  • The condition and suitability of the travelled path for all road users.
  • The conformance of the installed TGS with the documented TMP and TGS.
  • The performance of the TMP and TGS against the traffic operational performance criteria outlined in the approved TMP and any requirements in Clause 3.2 and 3.3 of Annexure MRTS02.1.
  • The performance of the measures taken to ensure that compliance to posted speed limits is achieved.

7.4Traffic management inspection schedule#

A Traffic Management Inspection schedule shall be outlined in the TMP and shall provide the dates or milestones at which each inspection shall be undertaken. The inspection of the site covered by a TMP and TGS(s) shall, at a minimum, be in accordance with the following requirements:

  1. 1.prior to submission of the TMP for approval
  2. 2.within two weeks of the first implementation of a TGS at the site
  3. 3.within two weeks of every subsequent TGS that results in a substantial change in the traffic patterns / location of lanes / change in risk profile and so on
  4. 4.at three monthly intervals where the requirements of condition (3) have not occurred, and
  5. 5.at other times as per the requirements outlined in Clause 6.3 of Annexure MRTS02.1.

7.5Traffic management inspection reporting#

The officer undertaking the Traffic Management Inspection, shall provide a report to the Contractor for its action. So far as is reasonably practicable, the Contractor shall undertake the appropriate actions necessary to rectify non-compliances and/or recommendations identified in any traffic management inspections. Where an action / no action is taken, this shall be documented with suitable justification.

The Contractor shall forward to the Administrator, within one week of the receipt of the report, the reports and findings, together with documentation of actions taken in regard to the findings. Milestone

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