1. Traffic Control Plan Development Course
Module 5
Work Zone Plan Sets

2. Work Zone Plan Sets
Some of the sheets found on a TTC plan include, but are not limited to:
Title Sheet
For Overall Plan
For TC Section
Pay Item Tabulation Sheet
Traffic Control Tabulation Sheet
Special Signs
Narrative
Advanced Signing
Detours
Traffic Control Staging Sheets (Layout Sheets)
Typical Sheets

3. TC Plan Development General Information
Designers must be aware of the need for a Traffic Control Plan
Coordination meetings are recommended
Designer will likely need to provide construction sheets or general layout sheets
Traffic Engineering will develop based on:
TEM
MN MUTCD
TMP

4. Standard Plates Website
TC Plan Development
Standard Plates
Approved by Department staff and Federal Highway Administration for the various structures essential to highway design and construction
Used by manufacturing firms in supplying products of culverts, sewers, erosion controls, signals, lights, guardrails, fences, etc
Standard Plates Website

5. Plan Assembly Steps To begin the project, start with ProjectWise
Obtain the existing construction plans, including any staging
Eliminate levels of detail (buildings, lot lines, etc) on roadway plan sheets
REASON: So placement of signs on roadway sheets are not cluttered by underlying details.

6. Plan Assembly Steps To begin the project, start with ProjectWise
Obtain the existing construction plans, including any staging
Eliminate levels of detail (buildings, lot lines, etc) on roadway plan sheets
REASON: So placement of signs on roadway sheets are not cluttered by underlying details.

7. TTC Assembly Steps Organize roadway plan sheets
all mainline roadway comes first with stationing generally increasing from left to right (include roadway through interchanges for depicting mainline TC through the interchange
next are interchange/intersection layouts for indicating TC on cross streets and at ramp terminals
REASON: Consistency in design.

8. TTC Assembly Steps
Place traffic control elements on the roadway plan sheets for each direction of travel
Refer to the discussions in Chapter 3 (Devices and Materials) and Chapter 4 (Work Zone Applications)

9. TTC Assembly Steps
Label each type of pavement marking with the following numbering system:
REASON: The uniqueness of each pavement marking material is bid differently by contractors

10. TTC Assembly Steps
For a detour plan, a circled note below the sign on the layout sheet indicates the action to take with the sign
Typical notes show include:

11. TTC Assembly Steps
Prepare list of standard plates applicable to project
Prepare list of estimated quantities using the total quantity from each of the data boxes
Assemble all necessary typical sheets
Complete the title sheet
Assemble ALL of the plan sheets in the proper order
Number the roadway sheets sequentially beginning with the Title Sheet as Sheet TC1
Fill in, and check, all sheet cross referencing throughout the plan

12. TTC Assembly Steps
ASSHTOWare

13. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

14. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

15. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

16. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

17. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

18. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

19. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

20. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

21. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

22. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

23. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

24. Metro District TTC Plan Checklist

25. Process A vs Process B Process A projects
small projects, which are minor in scope
Contain no more than 50 plan sheets and comprise less than 20 pay items
MAY be 8 ½ x 11 inch sheets
If process A, coordinate with the main plan designers on what they are doing

26. Process A vs Process B Process B projects
Consists of plans that needs Central Office approval
Typical projects constitute approximately 75% - 80% of the current Pre-Letting workload
The typical project may require special provisions prepared by the District specialty units
Typical project will require utility coordination, and possible agreements

27. Common TTC Plan Set Issues
Discussed Later

28. Design Scene
A guidance document for designers, technicians and engineers to help improve the quality and reduce cost and time of plan preparation
An example of the Design Scene newsletter, and some select Design Scene topics are included as a handout in the Appendix

29. Construction Plan Title Sheet
Plan Description and Location

30. Construction Plan Title Sheet
Project Number(s)
Construction Plan Title Sheet

31. Construction Plan Title Sheet
Governing Specifications and Index of Sheets

32. Construction Plan Title Sheet
Plan Preparation Certification Note

33. Construction Plan Title Sheet
Project Numbers and Sheet Numbers

34. Construction Plan Title Sheet
Signature Block

35. Construction Plan Title Sheet
Index Map

36. Construction Plan Title Sheet
Project Location

37. Construction Plan Title Sheet
Plan Revisions Block

38. TTC Plan Title Sheet
Traffic Control Plan Title Sheet

39. TTC Plan Title Sheet
General Information

40. TTC Plan Title Sheet
Signing Notes

41. TTC Plan Title Sheet
Pavement Markings

42. TTC Plan Title Sheet
Barriers and Delineation

43. TTC Plan Title Sheet
Construction Information Signing

44. TTC Plan Title Sheet
TTC Plan Index

45. TTC Plan Title Sheet
Traffic Control Devices and Symbols Legend

46. TTC Plan Title Sheet
Striping Legend Key

47. TTC Plan Title Sheet
Title, Signature, Project Number and Sheet Number Block

48. Traffic Control Tabulation
AASHTOWare Project List

49. Traffic Control Tabulation
Traffic Control Supervisor
A pay item that can have three different units (Hour, Each, Lump Sum)
used when you have complex traffic control or a switch
If you use lump sum, technically this person is needed at all times
Using ‘Hour’ is more flexible

50. Traffic Control Tabulation Charts Sheet

51. Special Sign Details

52. Narrative Sheet

53. Advanced Signing

54. Detour Sheeting

55. TC Layout Sheets

56. TC Layout Sheets

57. TC Layout Sheets

58. TC Layout Sheets

59. TC Layout Sheets

60. TC Layout Sheets Layout Sheet Tips
On the Layout sheets, all the extra elements are not needed (like parking lots)
Don’t be afraid to us insets
If possible, can break in half and show two sheets on one

61. TC Layout Sheets Layout Sheet Tips
Avoid having sheets with limited information on it
For instance, Advanced Signing may be the only thing on a sheet (if break lines are not used)
This helps to remove unnecessary sheets that just show one sign
A distance isn’t needed since it can be found in other references already stated in this material

62. TC Layout Sheets Layout Sheet Tips
If the “Right Lane Must Exit” is permanent, this should be noted such
Not all signs need to be shown, just the ones that are impacted by the TC plan
If a sign is being covered, that should be noted
If anything is in-place and relative to the installation, show it. An example such as Adopt a Highway would not be shown

63. TC Layout Sheets Layout Sheet Tips
Use match-lines or break-lines when possible or feasible
Dimensions instead of a scale can be used
When you have sheets that have redundant info, such as pavement marking, don’t need to show every single pavement marking. Include typicals and break lines in-between

64. TC Layout Sheets Layout Sheet Tips
As a test, printout sheets and look at them on paper
Do this early and make sure it is readable on paper, not just the screen
If there is a cross street, show the name of the cross street to give a reference point

65. TC Layout Sheets Layout Sheet Tips
If TL2 and TL3 attenuators are being used, need to call these out on the plan
If only one type is being used on the full plan, do not need to call these out
See Design Scene

66. Typical Drawings

67. TC Layout Sheets

68. TC Layout Sheets

69. Common TTC Plan Set Issues
The following is a list of some of the common issues with TTC plan sets from MnDOT reviewers
These are not in any order of importance

70. Common TTC Plan Set Issues

71. Common TTC Plan Set Issues

72. Common TTC Plan Set Issues

73. Metro Plan Set Examples