5.12Termination area#

Refer to the Queensland MUTCD Part 3 Clause 4.6.11 for various requirements for advance warning signs (ROADWORK AHEAD, ROADWORK ON SIDE ROAD) and termination signs (END ROADWORK) for works on a ‘No Through Road’ or ‘Cul-de-sac’ or located partly or wholly on through or side roads.

Consider the following when designing the termination area:

1. 1.The intent is that the END ROADWORK sign is located beyond the last point on the road effected or impacted by the works (which would include the traffic control station, speed limit reductions and traffic queues for the opposing direction of traffic).
2. 2.Often the END ROADWORK sign is located opposite the ROADWORK AHEAD sign for the opposing direction of traffic, but this is not a requirement.
3. 3.Offset speed zones need to be considered when co-locating the END ROADWORK sign with a speed limit reinstatement sign and this often (but not always) dictates where the END ROADWORK sign is located.
4. 4.While a buffer speed zone may create an offset speed zone, the 60 km/h zone prior to a traffic control station is a required speed zone and speed zones for both directions of travel in this area must be the same.
5. 5.For a site with traffic control, the final speed reinstatement heading away from the work area generally occurs opposite the 60 km/h Speed Restriction sign in advance of the Primary PTS sign and this is where the END ROADWRK sign may be co-located with the final speed reinstatement sign.
6. 6.In the case of a road with a permanent 60 km/h speed limit in place, as the traffic control station and subsequent traffic queue and warning signs would be considered to have an effect or impact on the road, the END ROADWORK sign should still be located opposite the initial Speed Restriction sign (in this case a repeater 60 km/h Speed Restriction sign) located prior to the Primary PTS sign.