Temporary Traffic Management

Transport and Main Roads has aligned its technical guidance for temporary traffic management in Queensland to Australian Standard AS 1742.3 and Austroads' Guide to Temporary Traffic Management.

This alignment involves:

• harmonising the Queensland Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (Queensland MUTCD) Part 3 with AS 1742.3, and
• releasing the Queensland Guide to Temporary Traffic Management (QGTTM) harmonised with Austroads' Guide to Temporary Traffic Management.

The Queensland MUTCD and QGTTM provide only requirements and recommendations specific to Queensland.

The Queensland MUTCD and QGTTM take precedence over the Australian Standard and the Austroads Guide respectively, except where the Australian Standard or the Austroads Guide is 'accepted'.

Users must refer to the Queensland MUTCD and the relevant Australian Standards, and QGTTM and the relevant Austroads Guides, and where referenced within QGTTM and the relevant Austroads Guides or the Queensland MUTCD and the relevant Australian Standards, the Queensland Guide to Road Safety, the Queensland Guide to Temporary Traffic Management, the Queensland Guide to Traffic Management and equivalent Austroads Guides.

Non-commercial users can access Australian Standards for free, up to three times each year, via Standards Australia's Reader Room service. The platform is not intended for regular users who need access to standards as part of their work, but to support the Australian community seeking occasional access for private use.

Austroads Guides are available for free, unlimited non-commercial use via individual login.

For contracts in place prior to 1 December 2021, the version and applicable Parts of the Queensland MUTCD and/or QGTTM specified in the tender, and then in the contract documents, apply for the duration of the project.

The legal support for this is detailed in the Transitional Guideline Approved Notice.

• Email techtraining@tmr.qld.gov.au with queries on Transport and Main Roads approved training courses and delivery channels.
• Email tmcregistration@tmr.qld.gov.au with queries on Transport and Main Roads' Traffic Management Registration Scheme.
• Email TrafficEngineering.Support@tmr.qld.gov.au with queries on temporary traffic management technical Standards and Guidelines.

Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) resources

• A Process Flow Chart and Frequently Asked Questions help organisers of community and sporting events understand traffic management requirements.
• Temporary Traffic Management Update provides information on forthcoming changes to key temporary traffic management technical documents.
• Guideline - Traffic Management at Works on Roads provides operational advice.
• The Queensland Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (Queensland MUTCD) governs signs, lines, lights and devices used to manage traffic on the state-controlled road network and private roads open to public travel.
• MUTCD Q-Series and TC Signs are a collection of non-standard traffic control (TC) signs officially approved by the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, including the MUTCD Q-series signs which are designed for specific use in Queensland.
• The Queensland Guide to Temporary Traffic Management (QGTTM) guides practitioners in the temporary traffic management industry on planning, design, installation, operation and management of temporary traffic management sites.
• The Road Planning and Design Manual (2nd edition) provides the policy, methodology and criteria for people engaged in the planning and design of roads in Queensland, so all road projects are built in accordance with agreed corporate standards that consider local circumstances.
• Technical Note TN185 Project recognition signs describes how and where such signs should be installed, and what they should look like.
• Technical Note TN195 Traffic Guidance Scheme worked examples demonstrates TGS development in various work and road type scenarios.
• Traffic Controller Accreditation Scheme provides information on individuals authorised by Transport and Main Roads to control traffic at roadworks sites and other events where a road closure is required.
• Traffic Management at special events includes information on event traffic marshals.
• Traffic Management Training and Traffic Management Training Providers is relevant for traffic controllers, traffic management designers and traffic management implementers and the organisations that train them.
• Traffic Management Registration Scheme provides information applicable to organisations which provide 'traffic control services'.