Maintaining traffic sign retro-reflectivity is an essential roads maintenance task as night-time related traffic accidents resulting in fatalities occur approximately three times as often as daytime fatal accidents.  To improve the safe operation of motorized vehicles during non-daylight hours, Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation has outlined basic standards for maintaining traffic signs in municipal and regional jurisdictions.  As found in the Ontario Traffic Manual – Ontario Regulation 239/02, municipalities in the Province of Ontario are now required to check traffic regulatory and warning signs for retro-reflectivity once each year.  Needless to say, not being in compliance with retro-reflectivity maintenance requirements can lead to unnecessary loss and result in costly consequences and legal repercussions for a municipality.

Utility Solutions Corporation has stepped forward to help government organizations reduce this risk by inspecting traffic regulatory and warning signs for retro-reflectivity compliance.  Through our inspection program, municipalities and other government organizations responsible for safe signage will receive the information they need to identify failed regulatory and warning signs so maintenance crews can take immediate corrective action.

Utility Solutions has decades of relevant experience in the areas of data collection and inspection.  Our programs are customizable to meet the specific needs and timelines of our client organizations.  Retro-reflectivity conditions can be captured by using retro-reflectometers and/or night-time inspection.  Similarly, traffic sign inventories can be gathered by using mobile or foot patrol techniques.  All data captured by Utility Solutions is strictly quality controlled, geo-referenced and delivered in a client-defined database format.

If you are concerned that your organization is not complying with retro-reflectivity inspection regulations for traffic regulatory and warning signs, please contact us here.