A Guide to Traffic Control of Rural Roads in an Agricultural Emergency (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Other conditions such as weather, wind direction, and the methods that are available to combat the disease's spread will be considered as well. Rural law enforcement agencies are unlikely to have the ability to control vehicle movement at all of the entrances and exits around a quarantine boundary at one time, and rural public works departments or local DOT offices will most likely only have enough signs and barricades on-hand to detour one or two roads in a county.
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This guide should fill this gap and supplement existing local emergency response plans. In addition, this guide identifies the role of local and state highway agencies in emergency traffic control planning and implementation.
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It describes the process for prioritizing road closures and traffic checkpoints and determining the appropriate levels of traffic control at each point. This chapter also contains illustrations of traffic control layouts for different levels of control.
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