The grantee of utility occupancy permit is responsible for providing and installing warning signs, protective devices and flagmen, when necessary, meeting the Department’s requirements for protection of the traveling public and the utilities’ workers when performing any work on the right of way. This is a very important responsibility and the utility is subject to the same traffic protection requirements as a contractor of County forces working on the right of way. The Department’s minimum of the “Illinois Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways”. The grantee shall take immediate action to correct any deficiencies in traffic protection requirements that are brought to said grantee’s attention by the Department.
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