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Purpose

This document provides practical guidance for Electricity Distribution Business’s (EDBs) to assist with the consideration of major risk factors involved with work in the road reserve, not just temporary traffic management risks, and assessment of the appropriate risk mitigation and control measures.

Background

How Temporary Traffic Management is planned and executed is moving from prescribed measures to assessment of appropriate measure for risk-based scenarios The WorkSafe Guide to Keeping Healthy and Safe while Working on the Road or Roadside was written in May 2023 to provide advice on how to manage the health and safety risks road and roadside workers are exposed to while at work.  The WorkSafe Guide is applicable to EDBs to support the application of good risk management principles to meet their Person in Control of a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

Alongside the WorkSafe guide the New Zealand Guide to Temporary Traffic Management (NZGTTM) has been developed to potentially replace the New Zealand Transport Authority (NZTA) – Waka Kotahi Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management.  It has been recognised that for Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) activities NZTA is not a regulator, and the Code of Practice does not address each PCBU’s obligation to discharge their duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

The NZGTTM outlines how to use a risk-based approach to plan and mitigate the risks to road workers and road users to keep them safe.  The new risk-based approach ensures that the deployed TTM manages the specific risks at each work site so far as is reasonably practicable.

ISBN (PDF): 978-1-0670105-6-0

First published:   May 2025