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Fresno traffic control plan requirements

Fresno mandates its own plan template and routes submittals through Accela rather than email. It also imposes a C-31 licence or PE requirement on the preparer. Verify the current template and submittal route with Public Works before drafting.

This jurisdiction requires a PE stamp

Plans here must be signed and stamped by a licensed engineer. Conemap does not produce stamped plans — use it to draft, then have a licensed engineer review and stamp.

Published requirements

Transcribed from Fresno's own published document. Each entry cites where it came from and when it was last checked.

No published requirements recorded for this jurisdiction yet.

Source

https://www.fresno.gov/publicworks/

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Taper length for a Fresno work zone

Taper geometry is federal — it comes from MUTCD 11th Edition Tables 6B-3 and 6B-4 wherever you are. What Fresno adds is the checklist above.

Posted speed limit, off-peak 85th-percentile speed prior to work starting, or anticipated operating speed.

ft

How far traffic is moved sideways — usually the width of the closed lane.

Open this in the plan builder

Merging taper length

245ft

L = W × S² ÷ 60 = 12 × 35² ÷ 60 = 245.0 ft

MUTCD 11th Ed, Tables 6B-3 and 6B-4 — at least L

Plan view

8 devices at 35 ft
245 ft12

Length is to scale; the lateral offset is exaggerated so the taper is legible.

All taper types at these conditions

MUTCD 11th Ed, Table 6B-3

Merging taper

at least L

245 ft

Shifting taper

at least 0.5 L

125 ft

Shoulder taper

at least 0.33 L

85 ft

One-lane, two-way traffic taper

50 ft min, 100 ft max

50 ft

Downstream taper

50 ft min, 100 ft max

50 ft

Channelizing devices

MUTCD 11th Ed, Section 6K.01

Maximum spacing in this taper

1 × 35 mph

35 ft

Devices required

One at each end, evenly spaced between

8

Table 6B-3 states these lengths as minimums. Longer tapers are not automatically better — MUTCD Section 6B.08 notes that extended tapers tend to encourage sluggish operation and delay lane changes, particularly in urban areas with short blocks or frequent driveways.