Capable of being defined in several ways, traffic management refers to the practice of managing existing traffic conditions to allow works to safely perform contracting duties without the possibility of incident or injury. While traffic management activities are dependent on individual project requirements, common actions include ensuring all on-site workers possess suitable licenses and qualifications to operate select machinery, plants and/or vehicles alongside isolating the work area from traffic – both vehicular and pedestrian – through traffic lane or road closures and diversions. In today’s day and age, traffic management is crucial for successful construction projects.

By no means is traffic management something a reputable business can ignore or minimise. All companies involved with construction must make traffic management a critical part of their processes, whether executed in-house or externally.

Countless federal and state legislation requires that all employers and employees, including contractors and other on-site personnel, conduct work in a safe manner that protects all work personnel and the general public from any accidents, incidents and injuries (as much as possible within reason).

Organisations which fail to meet the conditions set by the federal and state government about relevant health and safety legislation, run the risk of breaching several OSH Act and Regulations. All of which possess significant repercussions and many breaches are remedies through hefty fines and suspensions of work.

Consequently, a traffic management plan is of the utmost importance. Further, traffic management is and should be an integral part of every construction site and workplace. If you are working locally in Perth and require traffic management and control assistance, we recommend companies such as Highways Traffic for support. Highways Traffic possess decades of experience in delivering high-quality traffic management plans and their comprehensive highways traffic management plan are guaranteed to minimise any successfully and all safety risk to workers and the general public.