WARNING AND PROTECTION DEVICES. The Contractor will be responsible for providing, placing and maintaining approved signs, barricades, pedestals, flashers, delineators, fences, barriers and flagmen where needed, and other necessary facilities in the vicinity of the construction area and where any dangerous conditions may be encountered as a result thereof, for the protection of the motoring public. The Contractor will not be allowed to proceed with the work until such time that a sufficient number of these protection devices have been delivered to the project site. Where parked vehicles are likely to interfere with the proposed work, the Contractor will supply and post at no less than 200-foot intervals on each side of the street "Temporary No Parking" signs twenty-four (24) hours before the start of construction and to report the time of posting to the Town's Police Department for the purpose of establishing "Tow Away" provisions. The Contractor shall be responsible for the removal of the temporary signs upon the completion of the work. Should the Contractor appear neglectful or negligent in furnishing warning and protection devices as outlined above, the Town Engineer may direct attention to the existence of a hazard and the necessity of additional or different measures which shall be furnished and installed by the Contractor at his own expense, free of any cost to the Town. Should the Contractor refuse or fail to act in a timely manner to correct a hazardous condition, the Town Engineer may direct Town forces to provide the necessary protective and warning devices as deemed appropriate by the Town Engineer. The cost accrued by the Town in connection therewith will be deducted from the Contractor's contract payment. Any action or inaction on the part of the Town in directing attention to the inadequacy of warning and protective measures or in providing additional protective and warning devices shall not relieve the Contractor from responsibility for public safety or abrogate his obligation to furnish and pay for these devices. The Contractor shall submit his work schedule and traffic control plans to the Town Engineer for approval at the pre-construction conference. This schedule shall allow residents, on the streets to be improved, ample "on street" parking within an 800-foot (800’) distance from their homes.
