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QGTTM
QGTTM Part 3
QGTTM
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Queensland Guide to Temporary Traffic Management – Part 3: Static Worksites
Department of Transport and Main Roads · November 2025
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Pages
126
Sections
102
Searchable sentences
1,367
Status
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Contents
Copyright
p. 2
Licence
p. 2
CC BY licence summary statement
p. 2
Translating and interpreting assistance
p. 2
Disclaimer
p. 2
Feedback
p. 2
About this document
p. 3
How to use this document
p. 3
References
p. 4
Relationship table (harmonised to AGTTM03-21 Edition 1.1)
p. 6
2
Design process
p. 19
2.2
Risk assessment
p. 19
2.5
Essential design principles
p. 19
2.5.3
Signs
p. 19
2.5.4
Sight distance
p. 26
2.5.7
Traffic lanes
p. 27
2.5.8
Lane widths
p. 27
2.6
Variations to design
p. 29
2.7
Combining different works protection methods
p. 29
3
Around the worksite
p. 30
3.4
Road Closures
p. 30
3.6
Safety buffer
p. 30
3.8
Design and Traffic Management
p. 32
3.8.1
Detours
p. 33
3.9
Termination Area
p. 34
3.10
Vulnerable Road Users
p. 35
3.10.1
Pedestrians
p. 35
3.10.2
Cyclists
p. 37
4
Through the worksite
p. 37
4.5
Safe traffic speed
p. 37
4.7
Traffic control and site entry
p. 37
4.8
Advance warning area
p. 37
4.8.1
Intersections within the advance warning area
p. 47
4.8.2
Police performing planned traffic control duties
p. 50
4.8.3
Additional end-of-queue protection
p. 51
4.8.4
Queued traffic ahead multi-message sign
p. 52
4.9
Termination Area
p. 52
4.10
Vulnerable Road Users
p. 52
4.10.1
Pedestrians
p. 52
4.10.2
Cyclists
p. 54
5
Past the worksite
p. 54
5.3
Separate the work area
p. 54
5.3.1
Road safety barrier system
p. 54
5.3.2
Containment fence
p. 58
5.3.3
Visibility screens
p. 58
5.4
Delineate the route
p. 58
5.4.1
Traffic cones and bollards
p. 59
5.4.2
Temporary hazard markers
p. 60
5.4.4
Shuttle flow
p. 60
5.5
Safe traffic speed
p. 63
5.5.1
Temporary speed limits
p. 64
Selecting the speed limit
p. 66
Designing the speed limit
p. 68
Operational
p. 72
5.5.2
Temporary speed humps
p. 73
5.5.3
Rumble strips
p. 73
5.5.4
Speed enforcement
p. 73
5.6
Safety buffer
p. 76
5.8
Additional warning area and devices
p. 76
5.8.1
Truck-mounted attenuators
p. 76
5.9
Transition area
p. 76
5.9.1
Tapers
p. 76
5.9.2
Chicanes
p. 81
5.9.4
Closing the shoulder
p. 83
5.10
Traffic control
p. 85
5.10.1
Portable traffic control devices
p. 86
5.10.2
Traffic controllers
p. 90
5.10.4
Combining portable traffic control devices
p. 92
5.11
Advance warning area
p. 93
5.12
Termination area
p. 93
5.13
Vulnerable Road Users
p. 95
5.13.1
Pedestrians
p. 95
5.13.2
Cyclists
p. 96
6
Design for additional issues
p. 97
6.5
Shoulder as a Temporary Lane
p. 97
6.6
Pavement markings
p. 97
6.7
Night works
p. 97
6.8
Excavations
p. 99
6.8.1
Lateral excavations
p. 101
6.10
Placement and operation of Portable Variable Message Sign (VMS)
p. 102
6.10.1
Principles and guidance
p. 102
6.10.2
Aiming distance
p. 102
6.10.4
Lateral placement
p. 103
6.10.6
Other location requirements
p. 103
6.10.7
Drive through requirements
p. 104
6.10.8
TVMS specification
p. 104
6.10.9
Display of messages on TVMSs
p. 104
6.11
Clear Zone
p. 104
6.11.1
Factors influencing the clear zone
p. 105
6.11.2
Determination of clear zone requirements
p. 105
6.12
Star pickets
p. 113
7
How to apply the Traffic Guidance Scheme
p. 114
7.3
Installation
p. 114
7.4
Removal
p. 115
7.4.1
Redundant devices
p. 115
Appendix A
Temporarily closing or restricting access to roads
p. 116
A.1
General
p. 116
A.2
Closing or restricting access on a state-controlled road only
p. 116
A.3
Closing a road
p. 118
A.4
Restricting access
p. 119
A.5
Warning of a road closure ahead
p. 120
A.6
Example layouts
p. 121
