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Construction site: Issuance of construction site orders under traffic law

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Workplaces that have an impact on road traffic, such as:

  • Excavations in the street space
  • Road construction
  • Working in the side space
  • Erection of a scaffolding

must be secured.

Before starting the work, the contractor must obtain instructions from the competent authority (with the submission of a road sign plan) on how to close off and mark the work site and how to restrict, regulate and direct traffic.

Who should I contact?

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.

Responsible authorities

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Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Straßenverkehr
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
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Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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Telephone: 05931 44-0
Fax: 05931 44-3621
Email: Get in touch
www: https://www.emsland.de
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

Denise Schulz
Telephone: 05931 44-4045
Email: Get in touch
Room:
K II, 45
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Requirements

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.

Applications / forms

Which documents are required?

  • 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

What are the fees?

Fee: 10,20 - 767,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no

Process flow

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.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

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

Application Deadline: 2 Weeks
The application must be submitted in good time, at least two weeks before the start of the construction work.

What else should I know?

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.

Legal basis

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The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

Further Links

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