Paragraph 14 Construction traffic routing and management plan
No part of the authorised development may commence until written details of a construction phase traffic management plan (TMP) to be used for the management of construction traffic is, after consultation with the local highway authority and the Highways Agency, submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.
The TMP must include details of the routing strategy and procedures of the notification and conveyance of any abnormal indivisible loads (AIL). It must also include agreed routes, number of abnormal loads to be delivered by road and identification for AILs that will be delivered by road. The details thereafter approved must be adhered to at all times when AILs are to be transported to or from the authorised development by road.
The TMP shall also include details of the following—
identification of the construction programme and start and finish time of all personnel working on the construction site;
identification of the times when major items of plant and equipment are to be transported to and from the construction site by road;
any necessary measures for the temporary protection of carriageway surfaces; for the protection of statutory undertakers’ plant and equipment and for the temporary removal of street furniture;
measures to mitigate the traffic impact of AILs;
description of the methods of transport to be used by construction personnel to minimise overall traffic impact;
description of monitoring procedures; and
proposals for communicating information to the relevant planning authority, the local highway authority and the Highways Agency.
Notices must be erected and maintained throughout the period of construction at every construction site exit, in accordance with the TMP, indicating to drivers the route agreed by the relevant planning authority for traffic entering and leaving the construction site.