Common use of Maintaining Traffic Clause in Contracts

Maintaining Traffic. If traffic is to be detoured over a centerline, detour plans must be submitted and approved by the City prior to starting work. Police, Fire, and the Public Works Department shall be notified at least 24 hours in advance of any work which will interfere with the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic. If lane closures or traffic modifications are needed, Contractor shall, as applicable, apply for and obtain an encroachment permit from the City. It shall be the Contractor's responsibility to post, and remove after work is complete, no parking signs as required to perform work. Temporary "No Parking" signs and barricades can be provided by the City for pickup at the City Corporation Yard. Arrangements for signs and barricades can be made by verbal or written request to the City Representative five working days in advance of the need for signs and barricades. Minor deviations from the requirements of this section concerning hours of work which do not significantly change the cost of the work may be permitted upon the written request of the Contractor if in the opinion of the City Representative public traffic will be better served and the work expedited. Such deviation shall not be adopted until the City Representative has indicated his written approval. Full compensation for conforming to the requirements of this Section shall be considered as included in the contract prices paid for the various items of work and no separate payment may be made thereof.

Maintaining Traffic. If traffic is to be detoured over a centerline, detour plans must be submitted and approved by the City prior to starting work. Police, Fire, and the Public Works Department shall be notified at least 24 hours in advance of any work which will interfere with the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic. If lane closures or traffic modifications are needed, Contractor shall, as applicable, apply for and obtain an encroachment permit from the City. On San Pablo Avenue, a minimum of two (paved) traffic lanes, not less than 12 ft. wide per lane, in each direction shall remain open for use by public traffic at all times during the course of the work. When construction operations are not actively in progress, no lane or shoulder closure is permitted. It shall be the Contractor's responsibility to post, and remove after work is complete, no parking signs as required to perform work. Temporary "No Parking" signs and barricades can be provided by the City for pickup at the City Corporation Yard. Arrangements for signs and barricades can be made by verbal or written request to the City Representative five working days in advance of the need for signs and barricades. Minor deviations from the requirements of this section concerning hours of work which do not significantly change the cost of the work may be permitted upon the written request of the Contractor if in the opinion of the City Representative public traffic will be better served and the work expedited. Such deviation shall not be adopted until the City Representative has indicated his written approval. Full compensation for conforming to the requirements of this Section shall be considered as included in the contract prices paid for the various items of work and no separate payment may be made thereof.