- (a) Appropriate measures shall be required in the interests of safety, traffic convenience, and access to adjacent property. Appropriate signs, markings, and barricades shall be placed by the utility prior to the beginning of construction and shall be maintained to properly warn motorists. All traffic control devices shall conform to the TMUTCD. No traffic shall be blocked or stopped at any time without the presence of a vested flagperson to warn and control traffic.
- (b) Where the cost of installation is the responsibility of the utility firm, the department shall require reimbursement for its cost of measures that the department may take in the interests of traffic safety, or restoration and repairs to the highway, which are made necessary by the utility installation.
- (c) It is the responsibility of the district engineer to provide inspection as needed to insure that installations are accomplished in a safe manner as approved by the department.
Source Note:The provisions of this §21.40 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective May 29, 1989, 14 TexReg 2366.