NOTES AND SPECIFICATIONS

ROAD MARKING NOTES

1. EXISTING ROAD MARKINGS NOT AFFECTED SHALL BE LEFT AS THEY ARE AND
REPAINTED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTION.
2. EXISTING ROAD MARKINGS WHICH ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THE NEW ROAD
108000 RURAL - 81000 URBAN MARKINGS MUST BE REMOVED BEFORE THE NEW MARKINGS ARE PAINTED.
3. All REMOVAL OF ROAD MARKINGS WILL BE DONE BY MEANS OF SAND
50 50 50 60000 RURAL / 45000 URBAN
LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE BLASTING OR SIMILAR APPROVED METHOD.
CL CL CL CL CL CL NOTES: (LONGITUDINAL LINE COMBINATIONS)
4. ALL ROAD MARKINGS MUST BE CHECKED AND APPROVED AT PRE-MARKING
50 50
STAGE BY TSHWANE ENGINEERS BEFORE ANY PAINTING TAKES PLACE

100
500
100

100
24000 RURAL 36000 RURAL 48000 RURAL 1. DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE
MARKING INDICATED THUS OR . 5. ALL ROAD MARKINGS TO BE PAINTED TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF
18000 URBAN 27000 URBAN 36000 URBAN SADC-RTSM.
2. FOR FULL LONGITUDINAL DIMENSIONS OF COMPONENT 6. THE LENGTH OF THE ARROW ROAD MARKINGS MUST COMPLY WITH THE
MARKINGS SEE RURAL AND URBAN LONGITUDINAL LINE ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS MANUAL VOLUME 4 CHAPTER 12.
50
MARKING SPACING TYPES.
185 N.T.S. 7. All NEW SURFACING MARKINGS DONE IN THE FIRST 4 WEEKS WILL BE
3. COMBINATION MARKING 1 TO 4 ARE FOR TWO WAY REGARDED AS TEMPORARY.

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TRAFFIC AND ARE APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL NON-FREEWAY 8. ALL TEMPORARY MARKINGS CAN BE DONE IN WATER BASE PAINT.
450 DIVIDING LANE DIVIDING LANE ROUTES WHICH INTERSECT FREEWAYS.
CL CL ROAD PAINT SPECIFICATIONS
4. COMBINATION MARKING 5 SHALL BE USED TO INDICATE THE 1. ALL LONGITUDINAL ROAD MARKINGS TO BE 1.2mm THERMOPLASTIC.
DIVISIONS BETWEEN THE THROUGH ROADWAY AND ANY
EXCLUSIVE EXIT/TURN LANES. WHEREVER POSSIBLE A 2. ALL SMALL HAND TYPE MARKINGS NAMELY STOP LINES, YIELD LINES,
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING LINES, BLOCK PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, SPEED

5000
CONTINUITY LINE SHOULD LEAD TO, OR TERMINATE IN A
CHANNELIZING LINE WHICH MAY BE SHORT. RECOMMENDED HUMPS, ARROWS AND SYMBOLS TO BE IN THERMOPLASTIC (1.2mm THICK)
MINIMUM LENGTH IS 12m FOR RURAL AND 9m FOR URBAN OR TWO COMPONENT COLD PLASTIC (MMA - METHYL METHACRYLATE)
APPLICATIONS. APPLIED AS A SCREED (1MM THICK). PLASCON BRICK AND CONCRETE

4000
5000

(YELLOW) RM 8.1 RM 8.2 RM 8.3 RM 8.4 RM 8.5 RM 8.6 (YELLOW) MARKING PAINT CODES BTP 1 (WHITE) AND BTP 28 (BLACK) SHALL BE USED
LEFT
(WHITE) WM 7.1 WM 7.2 WM 7.3 WM 7.4 WM 7.5 WM 7.6 (WHITE) 5. FOR MARKINGS 1 TO 4 ROADSTUDS SHOULD BE LOCATED FOR PAINTING OF KERBS .
ON CENTRE LINE OF THE DIVIDING LINE (OR SINGLE NO 3. THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION RULES WILL APPLY:
LEFT TURN STRAIGHT AHEAD STRAIGHT AHEAD STRAIGHT AHEAD RIGHT TURN LEFT TURN AND OVERTAKING LINE MARKING 4)
AND LEFT TURN AND RIGHT TURN RIGHT TURN PAINT MARKING APPLICATION RATES:
6. WHERE POSSIBLE THE LENGTH OF CHANNELIZING MARKING
SHOULD BE ADJUSTED SO THAT THE CONTINUITY LINE
APPLICATIONS ROADSTUDS MATCH OTHER ROADSTUDS ON CROSS-SECTION COLOUR
PAINT
APPLICATION
GLASS BEAD
APPLICATION
INITIAL COEFFICIENT OF
RETRO- REFLECTIVITY
N.T.S. AND FALL IN THE CENTRE OF A GAP IN THE CONTINUITY LINE. RATE (mm) RATE (%) (MINICANDELAS/LUX/m²)

DIMENSIONS (mm) WHITE 1.2 35 250

7. DIMENSIONS FOR URBAN APPLICATIONS ARE INDICATED IN
RIGHT BRACKETS.
WM 8.1 WM 8.2 WM 8.3 YELLOW 1.2 35 135
OPERATING SPEED km/h TYPICAL APPLICATIONS a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r
BARRIER LINE AHEAD BARRIER LINE AHEAD BARRIER LINE AHEAD 8. ROADSTUDS ON THE SINGLE NO OVERTAKING LINE IN 4. ALL SERVICE MARKERS LETTERS TO BE PAINTED ON CONCRETE KERBS,
30 - 40 CITY CENTRE 2500 600 350 450 884 200 417 1000 1700 250 550 1250 700 380 1450 58 30 29
FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS MARKING 4 MAY BE COVERED DURING LINE MARKING OR WITH BLACK PAINT ON WHITE PAINTED BACKGROUND, ACCORDING TO CoT
URBAN/RURAL PLACED AS INDICATED IN DETAIL "A2". DETAIL DRAWING 7515-W211
50 - 90 4000 960 560 720 1406 320 666 1600 2720 400 880 2000 1120 608 2320 93 48 46
EXPRESSWAY
APPLICATIONS COPYRIGHT VESTS IN THE
100 - 120 RURAL AND FREEWAYS 5000 1200 700 900 1767 400 833 2000 3400 500 1100 2500 1400 760 2900 116 60 58 N.T.S.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
ALL SPECIAL APPLICATIONS 7500 1800 1050 1350 2651 600 1250 3000 5100 750 1650 3750 2100 1140 4350 174 90 87
M
O H
N N R S
NOTES: DIMENSIONS (mm)
N O P Q R S T
NOTES: All Operating Speeds 1. THESE ARROWS SHOULD BE USED IN MULTIPLES
And Applications TYPICAL APPLICATIONS a b c d e f g h r r*
OF THREE (AT LEAST) IN ADVANCE OF THE START
210 180 350 300 500 400 600
1. THESE ARROWS MAY BE USED IN LANES TO INDICATE OF A SECTION OF NO OVERTAKING LINE, NO CROSSING

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URBAN 3000 1941 83 976 1741 528 731 1206 5620 5820
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q r THAT DRIVERS SHALL PROCEED ONLY IN THE DIRECTION LINE OR PAINTED ISLAND WHEN SUCH BARRIER LINES
OR DIRECTIONS SHOWN. THEY SHOULD ONLY BE USED REPLACE A DIVIDING LINE.
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IF THE JUNCTION CONCERNED REQUIRED TURNING RURAL

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ARROW AREA / (m²) 4000 2588 111 1301 2321 704 975 1608 9900 10000

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MOVEMENT CONTROL BY LANE. ROAD STUD LEGEND 2. THE ARROWS MAY BE MARKED ON TOP OF EXISTING
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RM8.1/RM8.5 RM8.2/RM8.4 RM8.3 RM8.6 r

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WM7.1/WM7.5 WM7.2/WM7.4 WM7.3 WM7.6 DIVIDING LINE MARKINGS (IF THE EXISTING LINE IS A

a
2. THE FINAL ARROW NEAREST THE POINT OF TURN OR r* CENTRE LINE TO A 12m OR 7.2m MODULE THE POINT
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STRAIGHT ON MOVEMENT SHALL BE YELLOW. ANY W W - WHITE/WHITE 2500 0.67 0.89 0.66 1.03 OF THE ARROW SHOULD BE LINED UP WITH THE
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H I J K L M
ARROWS MARKED IN ADVANCE OF THIS POINT TO FORWARD END OF THE LINE). ALL APPLICATIONS
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4000

b
WARN DRIVERS OF THE MANDATORY MOVEMENT AHEAD 1.14 1.43 1.06 1.68
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735 260 181 219 75 100 or 150

n

SHALL BE WHITE. R W - RED/WHITE 3. WHEN OVERTAKING SECTIONS ARE REGULARLY

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5000 1.45 1.78 1.32 2.12 INTERSPERSED WITH NO OVERTAKING SECTIONS AND
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3. MANDATORY OR WARNING DIRECTION ARROW SHALL ARE SHORT IN LENGTH MARKING WM 8.2 MAY BE USED
7500 2.23 2.66 1.98 3.20
b

NOT BE USED IN ADVANCE OF A WIDENING OF THE Y R - YELLOW/RED AT THE CENTRE OF THE OVERTAKING SECTION. ARROW AREA / (m²)
ROADWAY TO A GREATER NUMBER OF LANES. THIS SHALL
BE INDICATED IF NECESSARY, BY USING FURCATION ARROWS. L a PER ARROW
I J K

P P Q Q T
3000 0.62

MANDATORY DIRECTION ARROWS BARRIER LINE AHEAD ARROWS 4000 0.82

N.T.S. N.T.S.

50 50 50
50 50
LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE LANE
CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
100

100

100

100
100
AMENDMENTS
850
850 NR. DATE APPROVED DESCRIPTION PAR.

GM 3.1 LANE GM 3.2LANE WIDENS GM 3.3 LANE GM 3.4 DESIGNED DRAWN

ADDITION LEFT TO TWO LANES ADDITION RIGHT WM 6.1 WM 6.2 WM 6.3
LANE ADDITIONS LEFT AND RIGHT J. CRONJE Pr Tech Eng
FROM THE LEFT FROM BOTH SIDES FROM THE RIGHT S. AUDIE

APPLICATIONS SIGNATURE:......................................................................... DATE:....................................

DESIGN CHECKED BY INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNICAL INFORMATION

APPLICATIONS N.T.S. S. NAIDOO Pr Tech Eng MANAGEMENT
N.T.S. D.J. CHALMERS

DIMENSIONS (mm) SIGNATURE:......................................................................... DATE:.................................... SIGNATURE:......................................................................... DATE:....................................

DIMENSIONS (mm)
OPERATING SPEED km/h g i j k
CITY OF TSHWANE
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS a b c d e f h
OPERATING SPEED km/h TYPICAL APPLICATIONS a b c d e f g h i j

30 - 40 30 - 40 CITY CENTRE 4000 2400 1600 3200 1271 847 227 855 1696 1277 1126
CITY CENTRE 2500 1500 1000 2170 1141 268 761 1235 81 855

50 - 60 4000 2400 1600 3472 1826 429 1218 1976 129 1367 50 - 60 URBAN ROADS 5000 3000 2000 4000 1589 1058 284 1069 2120 1596 1407
ROADS AND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT
URBAN ROADS

70 - 90 URBAN ARTERIAL ROADS/ 5000 3000 2000 4340 2282 536 1522 2470 161 1709 URBAN ARTERIAL ROADS/ GROUP HEAD DIVISIONAL HEAD
70 - 90 7500 4500 3000 6000 2384 1587 426 1603 3180 2394 2111
RURAL EXPRESSWAYS RURAL EXPRESSWAYS Mr Letlonkane P. (Pheko) Mr Marven K Tlhagale
100 - 120 RURAL ROADS & FREEWAYS 12000 7200 4800 9600 3814 2539 681 2566 5089 3830 3377 P.O. BOX 1409 P.O. BOX 1409
100 - 120 RURAL ROADS & FREEWAYS 7500 4500 3000 6510 3423 804 2283 3705 242 2564 PRETORIA PRETORIA
M NON
0001 0001
L DRAWING RECOMMENDED BY DIVISIONAL HEADS
M N O P Q R S T U V TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
ALL OPERATING SPEEDS AND K L M N O P Q R S T N ON ALL OPERATING SPEEDS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
APPLICATIONS P AND APPLICATIONS DIVISIONAL HEAD DIVISIONAL HEAD
1700 1250 1100 210 180 921 329 300 188 161 300 210 180 1300 898 402 155 370 32 390 Mr K Tlhagale (Marven ) Mr L. Swanepoel (Lourens )
NOTES:
NOTES: Q R
1. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THREE SETS OF ARROWS
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SIGNATURE:..................................................... SIGNATURE:.....................................................
1. THESE ARROWS MAY BE USED TO INDICATE THAT THE NUMBER ARROW AREA / (m²) BE USED ON HIGH SPEED ROADS, SPACED AT FOUR ARROW AREA / (m²)
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OF LANES IS INCREASING AHEAD. ONLY ONE SET OF ARROWS S T U MODULE INTERVALS BEFORE THE END OF THE LANE
a GM3.1/GM3.3 GM3.2 GM3.4 DATE:................................................................. DATE:.................................................................
SHOULD BE USED UNLESS A LEFT AND RIGHT TURN LANE ARE LINE. SINGLE ARROWS SETS MAY BE USED ON LOWER
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a WM6.1 / WM6.3 WM6.2

ADDED TO A MULTI-LANE ROADWAY AT THE SAME POINT WHERE
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2500 1.30 1.27 1.93 SPEED ROADS. DRAWING APPROVED BY GROUP HEAD
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TWO SETS MAY BE USED. Mr Letlonkane P. (Pheko)

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4000 2.08 2.06

d

2. THE BENT ARROWS MAY BE USED IN ADDITION TO THE

a

4000 2.07 2.04 3.09

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2. DIRECTION ARROWS AHEAD SHALL NOT BE USED TO INDICATE THE SIGNATURE:............................................................................. DATE:......................................................
THREE-ARROW SETS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE LANE
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S
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5000
b

ADDITION OF LANES AHEAD. 5000 2.59 2.55 3.87 U REDUCTION TAPER. 2.61 2.58
V LOCATION OF PROJECT:
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3. AS A GENERAL RULE BIFURACTION ARROWS SHOULD BE LOCATED 7500 3.89 3.82 5.80

TYPICAL STANDARD
7500 3.92 3.88
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TWO TO THREE MARKING MODULES BEFORE THE START OF THE

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LANE GENERATING TAPER OR CURVE. 12000 6.56 6.20

STS
P
K
Q R

FURCATION ARROWS
M
TYPICAL 3700
M

LANE REDUCTION ARROWS

DETAILS
N.T.S. N.T.S. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT

ROAD MARKINGS
ARROW DETAILS

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