Temporary traffic management is the process or method of managing road users including vehicles and pedestrians through, around or past an activity on a road reserve safely with a minimum level of inconvenience.
Any work being undertaken in the road reserve must be controlled by an approved Traffic Management Plan.
Traffic Management Plans
A Traffic Management Plan (TMP) describes the design, implementation, maintenance and removal of an activity being carried out on the carriageway, footpath or road reserve, and how road users will be managed by temporary traffic management measures.
An approved TMP is needed whenever there are proposed works, activities or events that will occur anywhere on the road reserves. Applicants must programme and organise their event or work so that traffic flow is maintained at all times unless a road closure has also been applied for and approved by Waikato District Council.
Traffic Management Plans for use in the Waikato district are developed using Transit New Zealand’s national Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management or the Temporary Traffic Management for Local Roads Supplement.
Any contractor with the relevant qualifications can prepare TMPs and implement temporary traffic management measures. Contractors with specialist skills in temporary traffic management are trained in the requirements of the Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management.
A TMP can not be implemented without being approved by authorised staff of the Waikato District Council. Where the activity or event affects a neighbouring road controlling authority, their approval is also required.
Traffic Management plans are to be submitted to the council’s Road Opening Co-ordinator.