Frequently Asked Questions

In California, a Traffic Control Plan is required any time your work affects a public roadway — lane closures, sidewalk closures, driveway blocking, or any encroachment into the right-of-way. This applies to construction, utility, maintenance, and special event projects. Check with the agency that owns the road for specific requirements in your case.

Safe Pass Traffic’s standard turnaround is 24–72 hours for most projects. Rush (same-day and next-day) delivery is available for urgent projects. Complex Caltrans or multi-phase projects may take 3–7 days. We’ll give you a specific timeline when you submit your project details.

It depends on the type of work, the agency reviewing the plan, how many closure phases are needed, and whether a PE or TE stamp is required. Send your location, dates and scope and we’ll send a firm quote, usually the same business day.

Caltrans requires a PE stamp on all Traffic Control Plans for work within their right-of-way. Many cities and counties also require PE stamps, especially for arterial roads, high-speed corridors, or complex intersections. Some lower-volume local street projects do not require a PE stamp. We’ll confirm the requirement when you describe your project.

A Traffic Control Plan (TCP) is a site-specific plan drawn for your specific project location, showing exact lane configurations, sign placement, and traffic flow. A Typical Plan is a pre-approved standardized setup for common situations (like utility work in a residential street) that doesn’t require a site-specific drawing every time. Typical plans are faster and cheaper for routine recurring work.

A Caltrans Encroachment Permit is required any time you perform work within a Caltrans right-of-way — including state highways and freeways. The permit application requires a Traffic Control Plan, proof of insurance naming Caltrans as additional insured, and other documents. Safe Pass Traffic can prepare the TCP and support the permit application process.

DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise) certification is a federal program administered through Caltrans that certifies small, minority-owned, and disadvantaged businesses. On federally-funded public works projects, prime contractors are required to meet a DBE participation percentage. Hiring Safe Pass Traffic for your traffic control plans counts toward that requirement.

No. Safe Pass Traffic focuses on engineering: traffic control plans, striping plans, typical plans and permit support. Your crew or traffic control contractor sets up the work zone from our plan, and we stay available for revisions and agency comments.

Yes. We prepare traffic control plans for projects anywhere in California. We know the permit requirements of Caltrans and the Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino agencies especially well.

We stand behind our work. If an agency rejects a plan we prepared, we revise and resubmit at no additional charge. Our high first-time approval rate comes from knowing each agency’s specific requirements before we submit.

Call or text us at (714) 362-1348, message us on WhatsApp, or submit your project details through our contact form. We typically respond within 2 business hours with a firm quote.