Chapter 8 Compliant
What Chapter 8 Covers
Chapter 8 provides guidance for the design and operation of temporary traffic management arrangements used for road works, maintenance activities and other temporary situations.
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DESIGN
Temporary traffic management arrangements planned around the road environment, project requirements and applicable guidance.
SIGNING & GUARDING
Appropriate temporary signs, cones, barriers and other traffic management measures used to clearly guide road users around works.
TRAFFIC CONTROL
Suitable traffic control arrangements selected according to the road layout, works and traffic conditions.
SAFE WORKING AREAS
Traffic management arranged to help provide clear separation between live traffic, road users and working areas.
PEDESTRIAN & ROAD USER SAFETY
Consideration for motorists, pedestrians, cyclists and other road users when planning temporary traffic management.
INSTALLATION & REMOVAL
Professional implementation, maintenance and removal of temporary traffic management arrangements throughout the works.
SAFER ROADS. SAFER WORKS.
Why Chapter 8 Compliance Matters
Chapter 8 is a chapter of the UK Traffic Signs Manual dealing with road works and temporary situations. It provides guidance covering temporary traffic management used for maintenance activities, road works, temporary closures, incidents and other temporary situations.
Its core objective is essentially to enable necessary works to take place safely while reducing disruption and protecting people affected by the temporary arrangements. The guidance considers not only drivers but pedestrians, cyclists and other non-motorised road users.
Road works and temporary traffic management can change the way vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists normally use the highway, introducing additional risks for both road users and personnel working on or near the road.
Chapter 8 provides recognised guidance for the planning, design, implementation, maintenance and removal of temporary traffic management arrangements.
Following appropriate traffic management guidance helps create clear and consistent layouts, guide road users safely through or around works and minimise potential conflict between traffic, vulnerable road users and the workforce.
At Harpers South West, safety and effective traffic management are at the heart of our approach, from initial planning through to the completion and removal of the traffic management arrangement.