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Overview of the
Work Zone Safety and
Mobility Rule
Module 1
Overview of Subpart J
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Establishes requirements and provides
guidance for:
 Systematically
addressing WZ safety and
mobility impacts
 Developing strategies to help manage these
impacts
Applies to all Federal-aid highway
projects
 Published September 2004
 Effective October 2007
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Key Concepts Advocated by the Rule
We can be more effective in reducing
WZ safety and mobility impacts if
we:
Better understand, anticipate, and plan for
the impacts
 Do so early in the program delivery process
 Consider solutions that go beyond the
immediate location of the work zone
 Integrate this thinking into the agency/DOT
culture
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Provisions – In a Nutshell
State implemented policy for the systematic consideration and
management of WZ impacts
Processes and procedures to implement and sustain WZ policy
Project-Level Procedures to Assess and Manage Impacts on
Individual Projects
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Agency WZ Safety and Mobility
Policy
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Agencies must develop and implement a policy for
the systematic consideration and management of
WZ impacts
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Rule adds additional focus on mobility as well as
safety impacts for work zones
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Agency WZ Safety and Mobility
Policy
Agency’s work zone policy:
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May vary based on project characteristics
and expected WZ impacts
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Can be in the form of processes,
procedures, and/or guidance
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Agency Level Processes & Procedures
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Use WZ safety and mobility info/data:
–To manage impacts on ongoing projects
– From multiple projects to improve processes and procedures
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Require training for personnel involved in WZ
planning, design, implementation, management, and
enforcement
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Conduct process review at least every 2 years to
assess effectiveness of and improve state WZ
procedures
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Procedures for systematic WZ impacts assessment
and management
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Project-Level Procedures
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Identify significant projects
Develop transportation management plans (TMPs) for
projects
Include appropriate TMP provisions in the PS&Es
Implement and monitor TMPs for projects
 (e) Responsible persons. The State and the
contractor shall each designate a trained person at
the project level who has the primary responsibility
and sufficient authority for implementing the TMP and
other safety and mobility aspects of the project.
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Significant Projects
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Projects anticipated to cause sustained WZ impacts
greater than what is considered tolerable based on State
policy and/or engineering judgment
One project or combined effects of projects in one area
Automatically includes Interstate projects within a
Transportation Management Area (TMA) that:
 Occupy a location for more than 3 days
 Have intermittent or continuous lane closures
 State may request an exception
Identify as early as possible
Briefly: Projects expected to cause a relatively high level
of impacts
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Transportation Management Plans
(TMPs)
TMP: A plan for managing WZ
impacts
 Set of coordinated transportation
management strategies
 How they will be used
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What Changed?
Updated Rule vs. Former Rule
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Key Differences in Policy-Level
Provisions
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Former Rule: Did not specifically require a WZ policy. It
required each State DOT to develop and implement
procedures consonant with the requirements of the
regulation.
Updated Rule: Requires each agency to implement a
WZ policy and emphasizes that the policy facilitate the
systematic consideration and management of WZ
impacts throughout the various stages of project
development and construction.
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Key Differences in Process-Level
Provisions
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Work Zone Assessment and
Management Procedures
 Former
Rule. Did not have such a provision.
 Updated Rule. Recommends that agencies develop
and implement systematic procedures to assess and
manage the WZ impacts of projects.
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Key Differences in Process-Level
Provisions
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Work Zone Data
 Former Rule. Required crashes and crash data to be
analyzed to correct deficiencies and to improve the content of
future traffic control plans.
 Updated
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Rule Requires Agencies:
To use available WZ information and data to manage WZ
impacts for specific projects.
Expands WZ data to include mobility/operational data.
To pursue ongoing improvement of WZ processes and
procedures by analyzing data from multiple projects.
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Key Differences in Process-Level
Provisions (Cont.)
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Work Zone Training
 Former Rule. Required all persons responsible for the
development, design, implementation, and inspection of traffic
control to be adequately trained.
 Updated Rule.
 Has a training provision similar to that of the former Rule.
 Expands scope of training to include WZ transportation
management in addition to WZ traffic control.
 Includes a provision to indicate that the training ought to be
appropriate to the job-decisions that each individual is required
to make.
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Key Differences in Process-Level
Provisions
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Process Reviews
 Former Rule.
 Required States to conduct an annual process review of
selected projects.
 Required the results of the review to be forwarded to the
FHWA for review and approval.
 Updated Rule.
 Changes from annual reviews to bi-annual reviews.
 Objective of the process reviews is to enhance efforts to
address safety and mobility on current and future projects.
 Does not require that the results of the review be forwarded
to the FHWA for approval, but does encourage the DOT to
include FHWA in the review.
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Key Differences in Project-Level
Provisions
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Traffic Control Plan (TCP) vs. Transportation
Management Plan (TMP)
 Former
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Rule.
Required the development of TCPs for projects.
 Updated
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Rule.
Requires TMPs to be developed and implemented
for projects based upon the expected WZ impacts.
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Key Differences in Project-Level
Provisions (Cont.)
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Responsible Person
 Former
Rule. Required States to designate a
qualified person at the project-level who would have
primary responsibility and sufficient authority for
assuring that the TCP and other safety aspects of the
contract are effectively administered.
 Updated Rule. Requires the agency and the
contractor to both designate a trained person (as
specified in the Rule), at the project-level to
implement the TMP and other safety and mobility
aspects of the project.
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Implementation Resources
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Implementation Guides
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Implementing the Rule on WZ Safety and Mobility
WZ Public Information and Outreach Strategies
Developing and Implementing Transportation
Management Plans (TMPs) for WZs
WZ Impacts Assessment: An Approach to Assess
and Manage WZ Safety and Mobility Impacts of
Road Projects
Available at
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/resources/final_rule.htm
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Web Site
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/resources/final_rule.htm
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Implementation Guides
Examples
Rule language
FAQs
Brochure and fact sheets
Presentations
FHWA Work Zone Web Site
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/workzones
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