Construction site: Issuance of construction site orders under traffic law

Already in the planning phase of the workplace, the entrepreneur must check which traffic safety measures are necessary and appropriate on the basis of the special local conditions. A written application for an order for road safety measures must then be submitted to the traffic authority.

The transport authority examines the application and the documents submitted and hears the bodies to be involved (police and road authorities). If necessary, a site visit is carried out with all parties involved in order to coordinate the necessary measures on site. The necessary measures are then ordered by the transport authority vis-à-vis the contractor who has to carry out these measures.

The responsibility lies with the district, the district-free city, the large independent city and the independent municipality.

For municipal roads, responsibility can be transferred to the respective municipality, joint municipality and city.

If the licensing authority is located within Lower Saxony, the Lower Saxony State Authority for Road Construction and Transport (NLStBV) will act as the road construction authority for the

• Federal motorways,
• federal and state roads, as well as
• the district roads under the technical administration of the state (especially with regard to construction sites and bridge structures)

heard by the competent authority.

Which traffic law measures are necessary to secure the job must always be examined on a case-by-case basis. The contractor and the traffic authority have access to the guidelines for the safety of work sites on roads (RSA) as well as control plans for all possible safety measures.

• written application,
• Traffic sign plan (either RSA regular plan or individual; RSA is the abbreviation for "Guidelines for the Safety of Work Sites on Roads")
• possibly diversion plan

Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.

Construction site information for Lower Saxony can be found on the Internet on the websites of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development and the Traffic Management Centre.

Information is also provided by the traffic authorities of the municipalities as well as the road and motorway maintenance departments of the Lower Saxony State Authority for Road Construction and Transport.

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The text was automatically translated based on the German content.