OC Road Traffic Engineering
Traffic Engineering is responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient movement
of persons and goods within unincorporated Orange County. This is accomplished through
our Project Administration, Signal Operations and Traffic Investigations staff.
Additionally, Traffic Engineering staff are responsible for project management and
plan checking of County roadway projects.
For more information on Traffic Engineering, please contact Isaac Alonso Rice at
(714) 245-4570
PROJECT ADMINISTRATION
Project Administration is responsible for project management and in coordination
with Project Funding, helps to secure grant funds for the planning, design and construction
of road and bridge projects within unincorporated Orange County. Grants are received
from the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), a local source, and through
the State and Federal government. Project Administration staff actively pursues
project development and initial planning activities with lead County groups including
Road Design, Bridge Design and Operations & Maintenance. Staff coordinates with
various governmental agencies, including various County departments, cities, OCTA
and Caltrans, as well as private consulting firms to identify possible projects
for design and inclusion within the multi-year transportation funding program.
This group also reviews encroachment permits, project reports, traffic control plans,
signing and striping plans and street improvement plans prepared by a Developer’s
engineer and various governmental agencies.
Project Administration establishes the Architect-Engineer (A-E) on call list for
Road and Bridge project categories. OC Public Works uses A-E firms to supplement
internal staff in order to implement road construction projects in a timely manner.
Project Administration staff solicit Statement of Qualifications (SOQs) from A-E
firms to provide on-call engineering and engineering support services for Road and
Bridge project categories, on a not-to-exceed $200,000 and $300,000 basis, respectively.
An updated slate of selected firms is established, on a recurring basis, approximately
every two to three years.
Please Contact:
Hany Ahmed
at
 (714)
245-4567 for more information on the guidelines for the A-E on call program.
Road Fee Programs
A Road Fee Program provides roadway infrastructure within a specific area of benefit
or geographic area. Fee Programs are prepare pursuant to California Government Code
Section 66484.5 and Orange County Codified Ordinance Section 7-9-316 and was adopted
by the Board of Supervisors on December 14, 1998 by Resolution No. 88-1682. The
purpose of the fee program was to finance construction of roadway gaps, intersection
improvements and traffic signals; all identified in the program.
The County of Orange created Road Fee Programs to fund the design and construction
of Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) facilities, within unincorporated Orange
County and its cities. The area within which the fees are assessed is called the
area of benefit for the fee program. Collected fees are used to fund transportation
improvements consistent with the MPAH for that specific fee program and area of
benefit.
The following are active Road Fee Programs: Foothill Circulation Phasing Plan (FCPP),
El Toro Road Fee Program, Santiago Canyon Road Fee Program, Plano Trabuco Road Fee
Program, Moulton Parkway/Laguna Niguel Road Fee Program, Coastal Area Road Improvements
and Traffic Signal Fee Programs (CARITS).
For more information on the County’s Special Districts, please contact
Hany Ahmed
at
(714)
245-4567
SIGNAL OPERATIONS
Signal Operations staff are responsible for the design, operation and maintenance
of the traffic signal system within the unincorporated County as well as within
contract cities. The County currently operates and maintains over 200 signal systems,
approximately 60 of which are within the unincorporated County. The maintenance
of these signals is performed by specialized County engineering technicians and
by a private signal maintenance contractor. New traffic signals are designed by
Traffic Engineering staff based on various warrants or are designed by private engineers,
in conjunction with new development, and reviewed by Project Administration.
For more information, please contact:
Dan Richards
at
(714)245-4580.
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS
Traffic Investigations ensures that the highways within unincorporated County of
Orange are safe to travel under normal operating conditions. This occurs through
response to investigation requests generated through County Operations and Maintenance
staff and public citizen concerns, performing studies to address identified deficiencies
and preparing improvement plans to mitigate or correct deficiencies. Traffic Investigations
serves as the staff support to the Orange County Traffic Committee through conducting
investigations and preparing staff reports to provide recommendations to the Committee
as it considers issues of traffic safety within unincorporated County roadways.
Traffic Investigations also provides traffic engineering support to other County
agencies and departments. That support includes preparing and reviewing striping
and signing plans for Capital Improvement Projects, reviewing temporary traffic
control plans for work within County roads, researching records and providing expert
witness assistance in response to claims against the County and establishing and
interpreting County traffic engineering policy. Traffic staff maintain various traffic
engineering-related records including accident records, traffic volumes and speed
surveys.
For more information, please contact:
Rick Diaz
at
(714) 245-4581.
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