Traffic Control Plan Requirements Sample Clauses

Traffic Control Plan Requirements. 4.1.17.2.1 DB Contractor shall prepare a Traffic Control Plan (“TCP”) for every planned Maintenance Services activity that may impact traffic, showing details of all detours, traffic control devices, striping, and signing for each phase of traffic control. The proposed duration, timing and extent of all Lane Closures shall be shown in the TCP and DB Contractor shall demonstrate that all such closures are necessary to perform the Maintenance Services. DB Contractor shall keep the number of Lane Closures to an absolute minimum and shall keep each Lane Closure to the shortest time and extent necessary for safe and efficient operations and in accordance with this Section 4.1.17.2. The TCP shall be compliant with Design-Build Specifications Section 26.2.1.1 (Traffic Control Plan Requirements and Restrictions). DB Contractor shall submit the TCP for TxDOT review and approval at least 14 days prior to proposed implementation. This requirement shall be increased to 21 days for full closure of the main lanes of any direction of a roadway or ramp. 4.1.17.2.2 DB Contractor shall ensure all Lane Closures for mainlanes, ramps, frontage roads and arterials meet the following requirements: (a) DB Contractor shall use State routes for detour routes, wherever possible. If State routes are unavailable, DB Contractor shall use local roadways, provided that DB Contractor has obtained TxDOT’s approval and the necessary permits from the Governmental Entity having jurisdiction. DB Contractor shall provide motorists with guidance on the use of alternate routes to divert traffic around the affected areas. This shall include the installation and maintenance of temporary regional signs and changeable message signs to divert traffic. (b) DB Contractor shall maintain a minimum of one driveway per business at all times. For businesses with multiple driveways, when driveway closure is necessary to progress Maintenance Services, no driveway may be closed for more than 30 consecutive days or more than 45 days in a 90-day period. (c) Complete closure of the main lanes will not be allowed, unless approved in advance by TxDOT. (d) DB Contractor shall not close two consecutive entrance ramps or two consecutive exit ramps at the same time. (e) DB Contractor shall coordinate any proposed Lane Closures with adjacent projects. Where multiple requests for traffic control are received from DB Contractor and Governmental Entities that would adversely affect Users if implemented simultaneously, TxDOT...