Guide and Standard

Guide to Temporary Traffic Management

The Austroads Guide to Temporary Traffic Management (AGTTM) is based on best temporary traffic management practices. It has been designed to help road authorities meet their legislative responsibilities for workplace and public safety. It covers the planning, design, and implementation of safe, economical, and efficient temporary traffic management.

The AGTTM encourages a consistent level of planning that supports a streamlined safe progress of work. It applies to all works on or near roads, as well as off-road development and other activities that interact with and impact the road environment.

Austroads member agencies are adopting the AGTTM into their practice at their own pace depending on their needs, resourcing, and their local instruments.

The AGTTM is maintained by Austroads and its member agencies through the Temporary Traffic Management Task Force.

In 2021, most parts of the Guide were updated. Download the summary or the full report detailing the 2021 updates. In 2025, a major edition update of Part 8 was published.

The Guide to Temporary Traffic Management comprises:

Part	Content
Part 1: Introduction	Introduction to the discipline of temporary traffic management practices The breadth of the subject and the relationship between the Parts of the Guide Legislative relationships Links to related jurisdictional instruments and documentation Definitions
Part 2: Traffic Management Planning	Strategies and objectives to provide effective temporary traffic management to ensure the safety of all road users Guidance on the safety of workers and road users Examples and key considerations for the planning of temporary traffic management at road worksites Process for planning and documenting temporary traffic management
Part 3: Static Worksites	Guidance on the design of temporary traffic management schemes at static worksites The process to decide what static worksite set up is appropriate (including devices used)
Part 4: Mobile Works	Guidance on the design of temporary traffic management schemes at mobile works The process to decide what mobile works set up is appropriate (including devices used)
Part 5: Short Term Low Impact Worksites	Guidance on the design of temporary traffic management schemes at short term low impact worksites The process to decide what short term low impact worksite set up is appropriate (including devices used)
Part 6: Field Staff – Implementation and Operation	On-site risk assessment Installation and removal of temporary traffic management schemes Operation and monitoring of temporary traffic management schemes Record keeping
Part 7: Traffic Controllers	Training competencies Instructions on practices Control devices that can be used
Part 8: Temporary Traffic Management Categories and the National Training Framework	Road network classification Powers, roles and responsibilities Training competencies Forms and procedures Model contract specification
Part 9: Sample Layouts	Example layouts of static worksite conditions Example layouts of mobile works conditions Example layouts of short term, low impact conditions Example layouts for staging plans Worked example for a multi-stage project
Part 10: Supporting Guidance	Risk management processes Review, inspection and road safety audit of worksites Events Emergency works

Updated 04 March 2025

Australian Standard AS1742.3

The Australian Standard AS1742.3: Manual of uniform traffic control devices, Part 3: Traffic control for works on roads is managed by Standards Australia’s MS-012 committee.

The standard was updated in 2019 in parallel to the AGTTM development.

Austroads produced a mapping document to help stakeholders locate content from the previous AS1742.3 (2009) standard to the updated AS1742.3 (2019) standard and the AGTTM.

Updated 12 October 2020.