Service 05
Work zones the public can pass through safely.
Maintenance of traffic design — MOT — governs how a crew occupies the road and how everybody else keeps moving past it. It has to satisfy the approving authority and be workable for the crew setting it out at six in the morning.
What the plan addresses
Lane closures, shifts and shoulder work
Signage, channelising devices and taper layout
Detours where a through route has to be maintained
Pedestrian and cyclist routing around the work area
Access to driveways, businesses and transit stops
Drawn for two audiences
The reviewing authority needs a plan that meets its standards and can be assessed quickly. The crew needs a plan that can actually be set out with the devices on the truck, in the space available, on the road as it exists.
Plans that satisfy only the first get approved and then get improvised on site. Plans that satisfy only the second do not get approved at all.
Part of the permit, not a separate errand
Where the right of way is involved the MOT plan is usually submitted with the rest of the package, and the agency reviews them together. Producing it alongside the OSP design keeps the two consistent and avoids a second review cycle caused by a mismatch between them.
What you receive
Work zone plans for the conditions on your route
Drawings prepared to the approving authority’s standard
Coordination with the associated permit submittal
Often paired with
Start
Tell us the road.
Location, the classification of the road, the work hours you need and how long the occupation lasts.
When is a traffic control plan required?
Generally whenever work occupies, narrows or obstructs a public road, shoulder, sidewalk or bike lane — but the threshold, the format and the approving body differ by jurisdiction, and some authorities require a plan for work that others would wave through.
If your route touches the right of way at any point, assume a plan is in scope and confirm it early. Discovering it late is one of the most common causes of a delayed start.