Submissions open: Review of the Road Safety (Traffic Management) Regulations

VicRoads has undertaken review of the Road Safety (Traffic Management) Regulations and prepared new regulations, replacing the ones that will expire in November 2009.  A Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) has been prepared, setting out the economic, environmental and social impacts that the proposed Road Safety (Traffic Management) Regulations are likely to have.  Your feedback is now being sought on these proposed regulations.

Submissions close: Friday 2 October, 2009.  To find out how to make a submission and to read the supporting documents, visit the VicRoads website here.

The purpose of the Road Safety (Traffic Management) Regulations is to provide for:

• The installation, operation and maintenance of traffic control devices
• Who may and under what conditions erect, display, place, remove, alter or maintain traffic control devices
• Administrative responsibilities of road authorities and other persons and bodies exercising road management functions in relation to traffic control devices
• The regulation of activities on roads
• The requirements for a traffic management plan for any works or activities on roads
• The regulation of dazzling or distracting lights near a road, and putting destructive materials on a road.