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New Jersey Department of Transportation
1035 Parkway Avenue, PO Box 600, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0600
Baseline Document Change Announcement
ANNOUNCEMENT: BDC12S-10
DATE:
February 15, 2013
SUBJECT:
Temporary Traffic Stripes and Markings
- Revision to Subpart 159.03.06 and Subsection 159.04 of the 2007
Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction
Revision to CD-159-2 and TCD-1 of the 2007 Standard Roadway
Construction-Traffic Control Details, BDC12D-04 dated Feb 14, 2013
REFERENCE:
Subpart 159.03.06 and Subsection 159.04 of the 2007 Standard Specifications have been revised to
establish the Department’s policy on temporary traffic stripes and markings.
This BDC Announcement must be read in conjunction with the referenced BDC Announcement.
The following revision has been incorporated into the Standard Input SI2007 as of February
15, 2013.
SECTION 159 – TRAFFIC CONTROL
159.03.06 Temporary Traffic Stripes and Temporary Traffic Markings
THE ENTIRE TEXT IS CHANGED TO:
Apply temporary traffic stripes and markings when the ambient and surface temperatures are at least 45 °F and rising and
the surface temperature is no more than 140 °F. Apply the traffic paint in a wet film thickness of 6 ± 1 mil. Apply glass
beads to the wet paint in a uniform pattern and at the rate of 12 pounds per gallon of paint. Ensure TRAFFIC STRIPES,
LONG LIFE, EPOXY RESIN and TRAFFIC MARKINGS, THERMOPLASTIC are applied within 14 days of placing
temporary traffic stripes and markings unless directed by the RE.
159.04 MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT
THE FOLLOWING IS ADDED
The Department will make payment for TRAFFIC STRIPES, LONG LIFE, EPOXY RESIN and TRAFFIC
MARKINGS, THERMOPLASTIC as specified in 610.04.
Implementation Code R (ROUTINE)
Changes must be implemented in all applicable Department projects scheduled for Final Design
Submission at least one month after the date of the BDC announcement. This will allow designers to
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make necessary plan, specifications, and estimate/proposal changes without requiring the need for an
addenda or postponement of advertisement or receipt of bids.
ORIGINAL SIGNED
ORIGINAL SIGNED
Richard Jaffe
Acting Director,
Capital Program Support
Richard T. Hammer
Assistant Commissioner,
Capital Program Management
RJ: KS: HP
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