If you have workers on or near a public road, you must consider extra risks.  If temporary traffic management measures are required, you should consider: 

• the circumstances of the work 

• the work being undertaken, and 

• the volume and proximity of the traffic to the workplace. 

Common traffic controls include the use of: 

• signs 

• speed limits 

• traffic cones 

• barricades, and 

• traffic controllers. 

Safe work method statements 

Working on or next to a public road is classified as high risk construction work. Before you commence this work, you, as a PCBU, must write a safe work method statement.