7.2Colour schemes for direction signs with toll road information#
A specific colour scheme (blue and yellow) is used to inform road users that a length of road is a toll road. A TOLL patch is also used with this colour scheme to indicate that travel along the toll road may be subject to a toll.
The TOLL patch and specific colour scheme for direction signs on approach to, along, or towards a toll road shall be used as follows:
- on direction signs located on a toll road:
- − includes advance exit and exit direction signs, as part of the through direction information along the toll road
- − the direction signs immediately prior to the end of the toll road are excluded (provided they do not direct road users onto another toll road); as the road beyond this point is not a toll road, these signs are to be in the standard white and green colour scheme
- on direction signs located immediately in advance of a toll road:
- − on connecting roads in advance of an intersection or ramp which leads directly onto a toll road where the signs will alert road users in sufficient time to enable a choice to be made to either enter the toll road or not
- − on a road which becomes a toll road, where the signs will alert road users in sufficient time of their option of leaving this road before the toll road commences
- on direction signs which direct traffic toward a toll road:
- − this requirement is subject to the requirements in Section 7.9, which provides guidance about direction signs which are located away from the toll road but include direction information which would involve travel on a toll road; specifically, the distance from a toll road the colour scheme and TOLL patch shall be used.
This may create combinations of colours on direction signs along a road or within one direction sign dependant on circumstances.
See Section 3.2.1 for variations to the standard colours used for destinations and other information on direction signs on approach to, along, or towards a toll road.
The following examples in figures 7.2(a)–(e) show the different colour combinations for diagrammatic advance direction signs which may be applicable.
