Chapter F7 Maintenance and operation of roads

F7.6 W/C 122: Traffic services maintenance

Definition: work cateogry 122

Traffic services maintenance

This work category provides for the routine care and attention of:

• road furniture
• markings
• carriageway and pedestrian crossing lighting.

Examples of qualifying activities

Examples of qualifying activities include:

• maintenance of:
  • traffic signs as accepted by the NZTA policy
  • road delineation marker posts
  • pavement markings (including bus priority lane and cycleway markings on all non-separated road surfaces)
  • signs and pavement markings required for stock crossings
  • sight rails
• operation, maintenance and power costs of:
  • carriageway lighting
  • belisha beacons and lighting at pedestrian crossings.

References: For detail about:

• traffic signs, see section section F13.5
• signs and pavement markings for stock crossings, see section F10.6 and section F13.5.

Information for audit

For audit purposes, the following information must be retained by the approved organisation for carriageway lighting:

• power costs
• maintenance costs.

Exclusions: work category 122

This work category excludes:

• the reinstatement of facilities maintained under this work category that is caused by maintenance or construction work - this shall be charged to the maintenance or construction project
• any capital cost either as a direct charge or by amortisation
• any costs related to amenity lighting, which includes the lighting of:
  • buildings
  • property and reserves
  • under-veranda lighting
  • festive lighting
  • any other lighting not directly related to the operation of a road.