107.5 Public Convenience and Safety

Sec 107.5 provides information on the contractor’s responsibility to avoid obstructions to traffic and to access to various features in and along the project site.

Temporary Surfacing

One item that can greatly reduce public inconvenience during construction is placement of temporary surfacing. If work is ceasing for the winter months and traffic must use crossroads and approaches, every effort must be made to anticipate these locations and authorize use of temporary surfacing before they become problem areas.

The contract will provide a quantity of temporary surfacing estimated to be adequate for the project. However, the Resident Engineer may authorize placement of needed additional temporary surfacing. A change order should be prepared promptly to provide payment for the anticipated overrun in quantity.

If the contract contains special provisions that provide for placement by the contractor of surfacing for temporary use under conditions different from standard specifications, such provisions will govern since these instructions cannot revise the contract.