Contractors closing a lane, shoulder or sidewalk

Where is the work in the street?

Free check of which MUTCD layout fits your lane, shoulder or sidewalk closure, and what to have ready for your city's street permit.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
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ePlan fills in

  • Road class
  • Lanes and width
  • Nearest intersection
  • Aerial view

How it works

Traffic control plan check, from one answer

  1. Drop a pin and say what you're closing.
  2. ePlan finds the road type and lanes and picks the matching MUTCD layout. Cities that want a stamped plan need a licensed engineer.
  3. Read the check free. Need the crew's safety plan too? Start a site-specific safety plan.

What you get

Traffic control plan check and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Site-specific safety plan with activity hazard analyses door.

The first draft

Traffic control plan check (free)

  1. Road type, speed and lanes
  2. Closure type and duration
  3. Matching MUTCD typical application
  4. Signs, spacing and tapers to draw
  5. Flaggers and devices
  6. What the street permit asks for

Modeled on: MUTCD 11th Edition, Part 6 (Temporary Traffic Control)

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Site-specific safety plan

  1. Hazard analysis for each activity
  2. Work zone and public protection
  3. Emergency steps
  4. Training

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

January 18, 2024

is when the MUTCD 11th Edition took effect; states had two years to adopt it as their standard
Source: FHWA, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft a site-specific safety plan with a hazard analysis (AHA) for each task, fall protection and emergency steps for your GC or a Corps job. Free to read.

Site-specific safety plan with activity hazard analyses →

Questions

Traffic Control Plan for a Street Permit: what people ask

Does the MUTCD apply to a city street closure?

Yes. The MUTCD approved by FHWA is the national standard for all traffic control devices on any street, highway or bicycle trail open to public travel, including privately owned roads open to the public such as shopping center roads.

Source: ecfr.gov

Which MUTCD edition applies?

The 11th Edition. Its final rule was published December 19, 2023 and took effect January 18, 2024, and states had two years from that date to adopt it as their legal state standard.

Source: mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov

Do flaggers have to follow the MUTCD?

Yes. OSHA's construction rules require signaling by flaggers, the use of flaggers and their warning garments to conform to Part 6 of the MUTCD.

Source: ecfr.gov

The rules this door follows