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A traffic management plan (often shortened to a “TMP”) is a document that details the way activities in the road corridor will be carried out so they minimise inconvenience and help ensure road users and workers remain as safe as possible. A TMP is site-specific and needs to cover the design, implementation, maintenance and removal of temporary traffic management (TTM) measures while the work or activity is carried out in the road corridor. It details how road users - including cyclists and pedestrians - will be directed around a work site, or other temporary road disruption, to minimise inconvenience while providing safe conditions for both the road user and those carrying out the activity. /n Unless the works are an emergency, if your proposal will impact on the normal flow of traffic in any part of the road corridor, including the road, footpath or berm, you will need a TMP approved prior to commencement of works. This would usually be identified by a condition of your resource consent, but we also suggest you get in contact with your local roading authority to check the requirements. /n When construction, maintenance and special events suspend or interrupt the normal function of the roadway, a traffic control plan is developed to ensure the safety of all road users, and the protection of workers.The plan shows how traffic is to be safely separated from workers at the worksite or work route. It is an instruction for the site/road crews and is usually in the form of a diagram showing the road conditions (lanes, signs etc.) and how the traffic is to be managed around the site / activities (temporary signs, posting of traffic control staff, etc.). Traffic control plans (TCP’s) are detailed drawings that show the layout of temporary road signs and devices to warn and guide traffic past, around and through the work site safely. A TCP is part of a work health and safety (WHS) requirement of a worksite (i.e. a copy should be available on site). It should adhere to the principles outlined in respective traffic control for road works manuals established by each State and Territory and Australian Standards (AS 1742.3). There are many such risks associated with traffic control, which is why there must be sufficient signage surrounding the site informing road users of the upcoming worksite well in advance of the actual work area. The placement of road signs must then be given careful consideration, no matter how long the worksite will be there. The signs themselves are official and enforceable by law. All signs and devices must be suitable for worksite conditions and must be used in accordance with the specific traffic control for road works manuals