3Design principles#

3.1General#

Toll point and toll payment information signs, direction signs, and pavement marking shall be designed in accordance with the principles in this Part and the MUTCD Part 15.

3.2Toll point and toll payment information signs#

3.2.1Sign colour#

The following colours apply to toll point signs:

  • Information on how to pay the toll (phone numbers and web addresses) shall be a blue legend on a white background, with the remainder of the sign in the yellow and blue colour scheme.
  • The TOLL EVASION IS AN OFFENCE sign shall be a black legend on yellow background.
  • The LAST EXIT BEFORE TOLL POINT sign shall be a black legend on a white background.
  • The TOLL POINT X km (or X m) AHEAD sign shall be a yellow legend on a blue background.
  • If required at the toll point, the DO NOT STOP message shall be a black legend on a white background.
  • The toll road price information sign shall be a yellow legend on a blue background, with any electronic price panels being a yellow legend on a black background.

Refer to sections 4 and 5 for specific sign design requirements and examples of toll point and toll payment information signs.

3.2.2Sign size#

All toll payment signs have been designed with at least two size options ('A' and 'B') with the larger B size for use in high speed (speed limit of 80 km/h or greater) areas and the smaller A size for use in low speed or constrained environments and on motorway ramps.

3.2.3Sign location#

Information about how to pay a toll shall only be installed once a driver is locked into passing a toll point or has passed a toll point and incurred a toll.

This is achieved by limiting the location of these signs to close proximity (generally within 250m) of the toll point. In constrained environments, it may be necessary to place this sign outside the immediate area near a toll point. In these cases:

  • the signs could be installed further from the toll point, provided they are located where the driver has either passed a toll point incurring a toll or will pass a toll point and incur a toll, or
  • the sign may be omitted prior to the toll point.

Informing drivers (that either have not or will not incur a toll) about how to pay the toll shall be avoided, as this may lead to confusion about whether or not they have actually incurred a toll.

3.3Direction signs#

3.3.1General#

In addition to the MUTCD Part 15 requirements, the following sign design principles apply to toll roads:

  • the predominant colour scheme for direction signs located on or on the immediate approach to a toll road shall be yellow legend on a blue background except as follows:
  • the TOLL patch, if required, shall be included within the blue background area and shall be a blue legend on a yellow background
  • if required within a blue background, an exit number or road name(s) patch shall be a blue legend on a yellow background
  • the route identifiers (symbolic or alphanumeric) shall be in their standard colours regardless of the background colour of the direction sign, and
  • service and tourist information shall remain in their standard colours regardless of the colour of the background panel in which they are located; service and tourist symbols and facility names shall include a white border
  • In all cases the alpha numeric route number shall be fluorescent yellow.
  • Sign borders, text, arrows and diagrammatic representations shall be yellow when located within a blue background.
  • A blue or green background patch containing direction sign information shall have a border.

Refer to Section 7 for specific direction sign design requirements and examples.

3.3.2Sign size#

The size of direction signs will be dependent on the location, speed environment and amount of information required / displayed.

3.4Pavement marking#

The following pavement marking design principles apply to toll roads:

  • The pavement patches for a toll road route number or toll road identifier shall have a yellow legend with blue background colour scheme to provide a direct link with the toll road colour scheme used on direction signs.
  • Route numbers for non-tolled routes (for example, M3) or other identifiers such as 'CITY' for non-tolled destinations are to have a white legend only (no background colour).
  • Where applicable, the use of the Airport symbol (white symbol on a blue background) pavement patch (see TC1963 and Figure 8.4) may be installed to assist travellers select the correct route or traffic lane to the airport. The airport pavement patch may be incorporated within the toll road route number pavement patches.
  • Pavement patches are located centrally in the traffic lane and the width of pavement patches has been kept to a minimum (see TC1963 and TC2055) to minimise, where possible, the effect of tyre wear and consequent patch maintenance requirements.

Refer to Section 8 for specific pavement marking and patch design requirements and examples.

Source: TRUM Vol 3 Part 10 · pages 6–8 Open PDF at this page Search this document