Common use of Temporary Traffic Control Clause in Contracts

Temporary Traffic Control. Temporary traffic control shall be used when a maintenance or construction activity is located on the Right-of-Way or when the activity is located in the vicinity of a highway-rail grade crossing, which could result in queuing of vehicles across the railroad tracks. Temporary traffic control will comply with the current editions of the CA MUTCD, WATCH and SCRRA Engineering Standard ES4301. Refer to SCRRA’s “Temporary Traffic Control Guidelines” for further information on definitions, referenced standards, traffic control plans, submittals, traffic control elements and responsibility/authority for temporary traffic control at highway-rail grade crossings. The guidelines provide acceptable alternatives and procedures, which prescribe appropriate temporary traffic control measures at highway-rail grade crossings. The Contractor must place flagmen in the direction of the flow of traffic for each lane to assure that there is no queuing of traffic over the crossing. If after moving your work area away from the railroad right of way and queuing of traffic persists, flagmen must be reinstated at the crossing to control vehicular traffic over the crossing.