Town of Manchester, CT Article II Traffic Control at Construction Activity

[Adopted 11-18-1997 (Sec. 14-14 of the 1996 Code)]

§ 279-14 Barricades and other protection at repair work sites.

When any excavation, construction or repair of or on any public roadway, street (excluding limited access highways, adjoining ramps and state/federal roads) or sidewalk or the destruction of any building within the Town of Manchester (hereinafter referred to as "repair work") creates or may create a hazard or inconvenience to vehicular or pedestrian traffic or in any way causes or may cause a hazard to the public safety, as determined by the Chief of Police or his designee, the person so engaged in any repair work must provide adequate protection, as the Chief of Police or his designee may require. If the Chief of Police or his designee determines that the site may be adequately protected by placement of appropriate barricades, the person engaged in any such repair work shall provide such barricades and barricade warning lights as the Chief of Police or his designee shall require.

§ 279-15 Use of municipal flagpersons.

A. If the Chief of Police or his designee, in his sole discretion, determines that the public safety requires the use of a flagperson, and the repair work takes place during normal business hours of 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and affects one or more of the following Town principal or minor arterial roads, and the repair work is not de minimis in nature, the Chief of Police shall require that the person engaged in the repair work first utilize officers of the Manchester Police Department as flagpersons.

(1) Principal arterials.

(a) Route 83 (Main Street) — Charter Oak Street to Center Street.

(b) Buckland Street — Tolland Turnpike to South Windsor Town line.

(2) Minor arterials.

(a) Broad Street.

(b) West and East Middle Turnpike — New State Road to Woodbridge Street.

(c) North Main Street — Main Street to Tolland Turnpike.

(d) New State Road — West Middle Turnpike to Adam Street.

(e) Tolland Turnpike — North Main Street to East Hartford Town line.

(f) Adams Street — Center Street to Tolland Turnpike.

(g) Keeney Street — Hartford Road to Glastonbury Town line.

(h) McKee Street.

(i) Woodbridge Street — East Middle Turnpike to Route 83 (Main Street).

(j) Buckland Hills Drive.

(k) Slater Street.

(l) Hale Road.

(m) Parker Street — Tolland Turnpike to Colonial Road.

(n) Pine Street.

(o) Summit Street.

(p) Pavilions Drive.

B. The expense of such police protection shall be paid by the entity engaged in such repair work at rates determined by the Town.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any repair work performed by the municipality or any of its offices or agents, or initiated by the municipality or any of its offices or agents and performed by a private contractor, regardless of location, may at the Chief of Police or his designee's discretion utilize properly equipped and trained municipal employees or agents of the municipality as flagpersons. In addition, the Chief of Police or his designee may in his sole discretion recommend to contractors working on state or federal roads that they utilize officers of the Manchester Police Department if a flagperson is needed for public safety.

§ 279-16 Use of nonmunicipal flagpersons.

If no police officer of the Manchester Police Department is available to accept the extra police duty referenced herein, and the repair work is conducive to the use of flagpersons as determined by the Chief of Police or his designee, or in any other instance when flagpersons are utilized, the entity responsible for the repair work shall provide, pay for and utilize a flagperson equipped with a high visibility traffic control vest and high visibility traffic control flag whose sole function shall be to control vehicular and pedestrian traffic during all hours when repair work is being done or when a hazard to such traffic or to public safety exists.

§ 279-17 Authority to close repair work if no flagperson is provided.

When such police officer or flagperson has not been provided and the Chief of Police or his designee determines that a hazard to pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic exists, the Chief of Police or his designee may order the repair work closed until a flagperson has been provided in accordance with §§ 279-14 through 279-17 of this article, or other appropriate action is taken as ordered by the Chief of Police or his designee.

§ 279-18 Authority of Traffic Control Authority during emergencies.

Nothing herein shall prevent the Traffic Control Authority from taking any and all necessary action in the time of emergency.