How Proper Traffic Control Plans Can Enhance Work Zone Safety

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How Proper Traffic Control Plans Can Enhance Work
Zone Safety
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Construction along roadways brings in lots of
complexities including work zone safety, delays,
etc.
A lot of time and money is invested in
researching a way to enhance the safety and
efficiency of a work zone. Preventing work zone
fatality is a need of an hour and while you can't
control the travelling public, you need to take
important steps in order to keep the workers and
pedestrians safe during construction. This is
where you need to have traffic control plans to
prevent work zone intrusions. While conducting
any construction or development project, you need
to make few alterations to the existing traffic
operations in order to ensure the safe driving
and smooth traffic control whilst performing the
needed work. These work zones often throw a
challenge in terms of safety and mobility for
many states, local and private agencies that
conduct maintenance or construction work on
public highways. Road users should be warned in
advance or else theyll be unaware of the
upcoming changes in their travel environment
until these work zones are visible to them.
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This is where temporary traffic control plans are
used to assist users by providing appropriate
guidance and visible cues. Although every work
zone differs from others and needs a specific
traffic control plan that caters to those needs,
there are several common components to it. It
helps in promoting safe and efficient movement
through and around work zone whilst protecting
equipment, workers and road users.
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3. Awareness
Provide a clear and loud message to road users as
they approach and travel through the temporary
traffic control plan. Keep the public updated
with warning signs and real-time information on
travel boards. Keep the work zone length apt to
the work in progress.
4. Safety
In the vicinity of temporary traffic control
zones, pay proper attention to roadside safety.
Install protective barriers and taper length to
shield workers from intrusion. Take additional
measures such as handheld radios, sensors,
intrusion alarms to keep the workers safe. Also,
ensure that the workers are wearing proper and
high-visibility safety gears. Besides this ensure
that the job site is properly illuminated at
night.
5. Comply
Train all personnel who will select, place and
maintain temporary traffic control devices. Road
builders should be assigned a traffic control
supervisor who is knowledgeable in traffic
control principles.
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6. Enforce
Set up proper legislative authority to implement
and enforce needed traffic regulations, parking
controls, speed zones and incident management.
Just because an accident hasn't happened, doesn't
mean there are no more risks. Train your crew in
the best possible way with a properly designed
traffic control plan to help them keep safe.
These can help generate proper measures to reduce
work zone incidents. If you need a traffic
control plan in Melbourne, First Traffic
Management is the name to trust. We are Vic Roads
Pre-Qualified Company and promise to prepare a
detailed traffic control plan within 48 hours of
the site visit. If you engage us to supply the
traffic controllers and signage vehicles, we will
give our traffic control plan for FREE. Reach us
today to arrange a site visit.
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