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O8 | SINGLE VEHICLE WORKS AND INSPECTION STOPS | 88 |
O8.1 | Single vehicle works | 88 |
O8.2 | Works undertaken at or near normal road speed | 96 |
O8.3 | Inspection stops | 96 |
O8.4 | Road (highway) maintenance inspections/operations | 98 |
O9 | CONVOY WORKING | 100 |
O9.1 | General | 100 |
O9.2 | Legal issues | 101 |
O9.3 | Vehicles | 101 |
O9.4 | Number of vehicles | 102 |
O9.5 | Traffic control | 103 |
O9.6 | Speed limits | 103 |
O9.7 | Radio communication | 104 |
O9.8 | Side roads within the site | 104 |
O9.9 | Queue management | 105 |
O9.10 | Emergency vehicles | 105 |
O9.11 | The convoying method | 106 |
O10 | MOBILE LANE CLOSURE TECHNIQUE | 110 |
O10.1 | General | 110 |
O10.2 | Planning | 111 |
O10.3 | Training and personnel issues | 111 |
O10.4 | Traffic parameters | 112 |
O10.5 | Matrix signals | 113 |
O10.6 | Vehicles | 114 |
O10.7 | Signs | 115 |
O10.8 | Light arrow system for block vehicles | 116 |
O10.9 | Flashing amber lanterns | 117 |
O10.10 | Illumination of signs at night | 118 |
O10.11 | Vehicle checks | 118 |
O10.12 | Communications | 118 |
O10.13 | Establishing a closure | 118 |
O10.14 | During a closure | 121 |
O10.15 | Working through junctions without a hard shoulder | 122 |
O10.16 | Working through junctions with a hard shoulder | 123 |
O10.17 | Removing a closure | 124 |
O10.18 | Operations at night | 124 |
O10.19 | Plans and principles for mobile lane closures | 124 |
O11 | MOBILE CARRIAGEWAY CLOSURE TECHNIQUE | 138 |
O11.1 | Background | 138 |
O11.2 | Definitions | 138 |
O11.3 | The principle of the technique | 139 |
O11.4 | Planning issues | 141 |
O11.5 | Closing access junctions | 143 |
O11.6 | Roads without a hard shoulder | 147 |
O11.7 | Signing | 148 |
O11.8 | Vehicles | 152 |
O11.9 | Communications | 153 |
O11.10 | Training | 154 |
O11.11 | Operational issues prior to the operation | 154 |
O11.12 | Establishing the closure | 154 |
O11.13 | Speed of the closure | 156 |
O11.14 | The working window | 157 |
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