[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 23, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 23CFR630.1004]



[Page 144-145]

 

                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 630_PRECONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

        Subpart J_Traffic Safety in Highway and Street Work Zones

 

Sec.  630.1004  Background.



    Part VI of the manual on uniform traffic control devices (MUTCD) \1\ 

sets forth basic priniciples and prescribes standards for the design, 

application, installation, and maintenance of the various types of 

traffic control devices for highway and street construction, maintenance 

operation, and utility work. The manual cannot address in depth the 

variety of situations that occur in providing traffic control in work 

zones. Although agencies responsible for traffic control and work area 

protection have attempted to develop some guidelines, a coordinated and



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comprehensive effort to develop greater uniformity is desirable. 

National reviews have shown that more attention is needed to insure that 

the MUTCD is properly implemented on all highway projects.

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    \1\ The MUTCD is available from the Superintendent of Documents, 

U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. It is 

incorporated by reference at 23 CFR 655, subpart F.



[43 FR 47140, Oct. 12, 1978, as amended at 51 FR 16834, May 7, 1986]