Road works and temporary
Description of the nature of road works
What it means
This is the plate under the road works triangle telling you what the work actually is — resurfacing, line painting, cable laying. You'll see it on the approach to works anywhere from a housing estate to a motorway. Use it to picture what's coming: workers on foot, loose surface or wet paint, and ease off early.
Highway Code Rule 288 — read it on GOV.UK
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Other road works and temporary
- Cyclists to dismount and use the adjacent footway
- Location of road works immediately ahead on route indicated
- Loose chippings on road ahead
- Temporary access to a construction or road works site
- Temporary entrance to a construction or road works site
- Temporary exit from a construction or road works site
Sign images: Department for Transport, © Crown copyright. Used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.