(a) General rule.--Any person performing any work on or near the roadway which may create hazards shall erect traffic-control devices in accordance with the rules and regulations of the department for the maintenance and protection of traffic. The regulations of the department shall address the control of road users through a work zone and shall be an essential part of highway construction, utility work, maintenance operations and incident management. All official traffic-control devices erected for maintenance and protection of traffic shall be removed as soon as practical when they are no longer needed. When work is suspended for short periods of time, official traffic-control devices erected for the maintenance and protection of traffic shall be removed or covered when they are no longer appropriate.
(b) Length of work zone.--To the extent practicable, the length of the work zone shall be appropriate to the work in progress so that motorists do not increase speed after passing through a long stretch with no sign of work activity.
(c) Lane restrictions to be minimized.--To the extent practical, lane restrictions in all work zones shall be minimized to prevent traffic congestion and unsafe traffic conditions.
(d) Responsibility of contractor.--If the department determines that a contractor or any subcontractor has failed to comply with specifications prescribed by the department for the control of traffic within a work zone on a highway within this Commonwealth, a sum of not less than $1,000 per day shall be assessed as liquidated damages from money due or to become due to the contractor.
(Dec. 23, 2002, P.L.1982, No.229)
2002 Amendment. Act 229 amended the entire section, effective in six months as to subsecs. (a) and (d) and 60 days as to the remainder of the section.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities
Section 6101 - Applicability and uniformity of title
Section 6102 - Powers and duties of department and local authorities
Section 6103 - Promulgation of rules and regulations by department
Section 6104 - Administrative duties of department
Section 6105 - Department to prescribe traffic and engineering investigations
Section 6105.1 - Designation of highway safety corridors
Section 6105.2 - Designation of litter enforcement corridors
Section 6106 - Designation of emergency vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police
Section 6107 - Designation of authorized vehicles by department
Section 6108 - Power of Governor during emergency
Section 6109 - Specific powers of department and local authorities
Section 6110 - Regulation of traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike
Section 6111 - Regulation of traffic on bridges under authority of interstate commissions
Section 6112 - Removal of traffic hazards by property owner
Section 6113 - Control of public travel on private property by owner
Section 6114 - Limitation on sale, publication and disclosure of records
Section 6115 - Emergency telephones along Pennsylvania Turnpike
Section 6116 - Payment by credit or debit card
Section 6117 - Authority of qualified employees of department and Department of Revenue
Section 6118 - Municipal police officer education and training
Section 6119 - Removal of dead deer
Section 6121 - Uniform system of traffic-control devices
Section 6122 - Authority to erect traffic-control devices
Section 6123 - Erection of traffic-control devices while working
Section 6123.1 - Mandatory traffic-control devices in highway work zones
Section 6124 - Erection of traffic-control devices at intersections
Section 6125 - Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings
Section 6126 - Interference with devices, signs or signals
Section 6127 - Dealing in nonconforming traffic-control devices
Section 6128 - Dealing in official traffic-control devices or bridge parts
Section 6129 - Maintenance of pedestrian crosswalks in school zones
Section 6141 - Declaration of policy
Section 6142 - Reciprocity agreements, arrangements and declarations authorized
Section 6143 - Benefits, privileges and exemptions from taxes and fees
Section 6144 - Vehicle registration and licensing
Section 6145 - Proportional registration of fleet vehicles
Section 6146 - Enforcement agreements
Section 6146.1 - Multijurisdictional permit agreement
Section 6147 - Declaration of reciprocity in absence of agreement
Section 6148 - Applicability to leased vehicles
Section 6149 - Automatic reciprocity
Section 6150 - Proportional registration not exclusive
Section 6151 - Suspension of reciprocity benefits
Section 6152 - Form, publication and distribution of documents