1Scope and general#

1.3Terms and definitions#

1.3.2Competent person#

Add the following notes to the definition:

1. 2.Competent persons must be authorised by Transport and Main Roads to perform that task in Queensland.
2. 3.A competent person may only undertake TTM activities in accordance with Queensland Guide to Temporary Traffic Management (QGTTM) Part 8 Appendix A.
3. 4.Prescribed training for TTM activities is provided in Clause 1.7.

1.3.5May#

Add the following note to the definition:

Where the word ‘may' is used, it indicates that use of the device is conditional, or optional. Usually, no specific requirement for design or application is intended.

1.3.13Shall#

Add the following note to the definition:

Where certain requirements in the design or application of the device are described with the ‘shall’ stipulation, it is mandatory that, when an installation is made, these requirements be met.

See Clause 1.9 b) for guidance on variations to ‘shall’ requirements.

1.3.14Should#

Add the following note to the definition:

Where the word ‘should’ is used, it is considered to be recommended use, but not mandatory.

See Clause 1.9 a) for guidance on variations to ‘should’ recommendations.

1.3.19Traffic Controller#

A person who holds an appointment as an accredited person under Section 21 of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) (TORUM) Act 1995 to perform the functions of a Traffic Controller as prescribed by Subdivision 6 of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015.

1.3.24Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ)#

A person who is registered as a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ), under the Professional Engineers Act 2002 (Queensland) with the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland, to provide a professional engineering service.

1.3.25Recommended / Recommendation#

A recommendation is the same as a ‘should’, see Clause 1.3.14.

1.3.26Side road (use of ON SIDE ROAD message)#

A side road is any other road which intersects and departs from the road you are travelling on.

For the use of the ON SIDE ROAD message refer to Clause 4.6.7.

1.5Innovation#

Innovative treatments that provide improved safety, efficiency and/or value engineering outcomes are encouraged. Such treatments may include:

• a) planning for greater network impacts through reducing the level of service for the road user typically enables works to be undertaken in a more time- and cost-efficient manner
• b) innovative deployment of devices, and/or
• c) alternative device layouts using new and/or improved devices.

New or improved devices, treatments or practices require approval by the Department of Transport and Main Roads (see Clause 1.9 for guidance about variation to optimal treatments). Devices which are recommended by the Austroads Innovative Temporary Traffic Management Device and Solution Assessment (AITDSA) Scheme also require the approval by the department prior to being used on roads in Queensland. The AITDSA recommendation would be considered and form part of the department's approval process.

1.5.1Level of service#

For proposals that involve planning for greater network impacts through reducing the level of service for the road user, contact the relevant road owner(s) with all details and supporting information regarding the proposal. The approval of the relevant road owner(s) is required prior to implementation.

1.5.2Innovative devices, treatments, or practices#

For trials of new or innovative static or non-electrical traffic control devices, treatments or practices, a submission in accordance with the requirements of the Queensland Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Part 1 Clause 1.13 shall be submitted to TrafficEngineering.Support@tmr.qld.gov.au.

In addition, for new or innovative ITS or electrical products or systems, treatments or practices the Applicant's Guide Products evaluation process for ITS, Electrical and Traffic Engineering specified and innovative products outlines the Department of Transport and Main Roads product evaluation process for ITS, Electrical and Traffic Engineering specified and innovative field products. It is Transport and Main Roads' primary reference for manufacturers and/or suppliers (Applicants) seeking approval or acceptance of specified or innovative products for road transport infrastructure. Refer to the web page Intelligent transport systems and electrical (Department of Transport and Main Roads) for further details.

1.6Legal authority#

TORUM provides that 'Official Traffic Signs' shall be installed only by the authority of the Chief Executive of Transport and Main Roads or a local government. The Act also provides that any such sign shall be installed in accordance with the methods, standards and procedures prescribed in this Manual, or other duly approved documents. This Part of the Manual provides the methods and standards for official traffic signs used for works on roads. The procedures for the installation of the signs are given in the QGTTM, which is issued as an approved notice under Section 166(2) of TORUM.

1.7Prescribed training#

A person is only authorised to perform the role in Queensland if the person holds an authority card that is applicable to that role (that is, where such an authority is a mandatory regulatory requirement). To obtain an authority card in Queensland, a person must undertake the relevant prescribed training course and meet any additional requirements relevant to the appropriate authority card. Prescribed training courses shall be those developed by the Department of Transport and Main Roads and delivered by approved registered training organisations. Prescribed training courses are outlined as follows:

• a) Working in proximity to traffic awareness Part 1: Required for persons who work on or adjacent to a road in accordance with the QGTTM Part 8 Table A7
• b) Working in proximity to traffic awareness Part 2: Required for persons who have completed Working in proximity to traffic awareness Part 1, and are required to select and implement work method practices as per the short-term, low-impact works provisions (with exceptions) in accordance with the QGTTM Part 8 Table A7
• c) Traffic management implementation (TMI): Required for persons implementing Traffic Management Plans (TMPs) and Traffic Guidance Schemes (TGSs) in accordance with the QGTTM Part 8 Table A5
• d) Traffic management design (TMD): Required for persons that design, develop, review and inspect TMPs and TGSs in accordance with the QGTTM Part 8 Table A3
• e) Traffic Controller: Required for person who holds an appointment to perform the functions of a Traffic Controller (see Clause 1.3.19) in accordance with the QGTTM Part 8 Table A4, and
• f) Event Traffic Marshal: Required for volunteers undertaking event traffic management in accordance with the QGTTM Part 8 Table A7.

In addition to the prescribed training courses identified above, temporary traffic management (TTM) workers listed below shall also act in accordance with the relevant QGTTM requirements:

• g) lookout person: For persons who have completed Working in proximity to traffic awareness Part 1 and Part 2 and are required to act in accordance with the QGTTM Part 8 Table A7
• h) roadworks pilot vehicle driver: For persons who act in accordance with the QGTTM Part 8 Table A7
• i) truck-mounted attenuator (TMA) vehicle driver: For persons who have completed TMI and are required to act in accordance with the QGTTM Part 8 Table A7, and
• j) authorised person: For persons who act in accordance with the QGTTM Part 8 Table A7.

1.8Operational and technical guidelines#

The Department of Transport and Main Roads has published additional operational and technical guidelines, including the Guideline –Traffic Management at Works on Roads, that provide detailed information of traffic control devices that may be used for activities regarding works on roads. These documents are issued as approved notices under Section 166(2) of TORUM.

1.9Variation to treatments and Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland certification#

This Part of the Manual contains mandatory requirements (shall), recommendations (should) and options (may). The application of these mandatory requirements and recommendations is intended to provide the optimal level of safety and traffic efficiency. Variations to these treatments may be undertaken as follows:

1. a)Where recommendations (should) are not adopted in preparing a TMP or TGS, the reasons must be based on sound temporary traffic management judgement and reasoning, and shall be documented through a risk assessment process to demonstrate the acceptability and safety of the varied approach. The risk assessment, in accordance with the QGTTM shall be undertaken and signed by a TMD or an RPEQ.
2. b)Where mandatory requirements (shall) are not adopted in preparing a TMP or TGS, the reasons must be based on sound temporary traffic management or traffic engineering judgement and reasoning, and shall be documented through a risk assessment process to demonstrate the acceptability and safety of the varied approach. The risk assessment, in accordance with the QGTTM, shall be undertaken and signed by a TMD or an RPEQ.

In addition, both the risk assessment and the TMP and/or TGS shall be certified by a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ).

The RPEQ is only required to certify that portion of the TMP and/or TGS design impacted by or related to departures from the mandatory requirement.

Where mandatory requirements (shall) are not adopted, the TMD preparing the TMP or TGS shall email notifications of variations to mandatory requirements (including all relevant information and RPEQ details) to TrafficEngineering.Support@tmr.qld.gov.au for information purposes and for the benefit of identifying potential future practice changes – not for approval or endorsement. These variations may include learnings that may be attributed to the variation of a shall requirement, such as operational, cost or safety impacts.

1. c)Where innovative treatments (see Clause 1.5) that are outside the scope of the Queensland MUTCD are proposed to be adopted in a TMP or TGS, a risk assessment, in accordance with the QGTTM, shall be undertaken by a Competent Person. Both the risk assessment and the TMP and/or TGS shall be certified by an RPEQ. The RPEQ is only required to certify that portion of the TMP and/or TGS design impacted by or related to the use of the innovative treatment which is outside the scope of the Queensland MUTCD

All proposed innovative treatments require approval by Transport and Main Roads prior to their use or adoption. Requests for approval of innovative treatments (including all relevant information) shall be emailed to TrafficEngineering.Support@tmr.qld.gov.au. As part of an approval to use or trial an innovative treatment, Transport and Main Roads may require that the applicant provides a detailed evaluation report on the performance and effectiveness of the treatment. Transport and Main Roads may use the results of the evaluation to identify potential future practice changes to this Part of the Manual.

1. d)The use of options (may), when adopted in preparing a TMP or TGS, are not a variation to the optimal treatment and do not require certification by an RPEQ.

Very few roadworks sites should fall within scope of the RPEQ requirement in relation to subclauses (b) and (c). Examples include TMPs or TGSs which involve complex geometric changes that require the application of engineering design principles or complex diversions that might require detailed analysis (such as micro-simulation traffic modelling) to establish the network impacts.

Risk assessments for TTM activities shall be prepared in accordance with the requirements in QGTTM Part 10 Section 2 Risk Management for TTM.

1.10Non-standard signs#

Those responsible for the design and erection of signs are not encouraged to develop signs for their own particular use; however, there may be instances where no suitable standard sign exists.

In these cases, refer to the guidance requirements in the Queensland MUTCD Part 1, Clause 1.8 for requesting special non-standard signs.