5Systems and procedures for maintaining road serviceability and safety#

5.1Incident management#

Operational standard for temporary restrictions of state-controlled roads due to wet weather and flooding (includes reopening roads)#

Refer for Transport and Main Roads Operational standard for temporary restrictions of state-controlled roads due to wet weather and flooding (includes reopening roads). The operational standard will be renamed to Operational standard for temporary restrictions on state-controlled roads due to unplanned events in the near future.

5.1.5Planning for traffic incident management#

Traffic Incident Management Services (TIMS)#

Refer to Transport and Main Roads Traffic Incident Management Services manual.

5.1.6Incident detection and verification#

Help phone (roadside emergency phones)#

The planning and operational installation decisions for emergency / help phones should be undertaken in accordance with the following Transport and Main Roads documents:

• Engineering Policy EP149 Managed Motorways
• IMD Advice Note 3: New help phones on current and future projects (as of November 2018, email timanagement@tmr.qld.gov.au to request a copy of this internal document).

The design and technical specifications of emergency / help phones should be undertaken in accordance with the following Transport and Main Roads documents:

• Road Planning and Design Manual (RPDM) 2nd edition Volume 3 Supplement Part 6B Roadside Environment
• RPDM 2nd edition Volume 5: Intelligent Transport Systems
• MRS221 Help Phones, Specification (Measurement)
• MRTS221 Help Phones, Technical Specification

5.2Planned and special event management#

Special events affecting roads in Queensland: A guide to securing approvals#

This section is for Event Organisers seeking the approvals required by Queensland legislation to run a special event on or affecting roads. This document should be read together with Events in Queensland Best practice guidelines for event delivery in Queensland, published by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.

By Queensland law, event organisers are required to obtain written approval to conduct a special event from the Queensland Police Service (QPS). The consent of the road owners such as local council or the Department of Transport and Main Roads is also required.

Refer to Transport and Main Roads' Event Traffic Management Design Guideline for Queensland-specific advice on managing traffic at special events.