Construction Dive provides a brief overview of updates to federal regulations on work zone safety that FHWA announced last week, with an effective date of December 2. The rules, which hadn’t changed in 20 years, were amended to reduce the risk of fatal crashes by setting minimum requirements and “providing guidance for the use of protection devices such as concrete barriers.” New provisions also address:
- installation and maintenance of temporary traffic control devices,
- use of uniformed law enforcement personnel during construction,
- new requirements for contract provisions and the use of positive protection devices, and
- mandatory state DOT programmatic reviews.