Specifications include, but are not limited to: Consultant shall conductspecific traffic monitoring sessions to monitor traffic volume and classification on the Louisiana State Interstate, National Highway System (NHS), State Highway System (SHS), and local roads as well as Interstate ramps across the state of Louisiana. Consultant shall conduct specified traffic monitoring sessions for use throughout the Louisiana DOTD for preconstruction engineering, forecasting future traffic volumes, as well as, other transportation planning purposes. Consultant will be required to provide all of the services including paying attention to specific guidelines asfollows: General Notes: 1) Traffic countsshall not be conducted during holidays, annual festivals, Mardi Gras, or other abnormal traffic/inclement weather conditions. School zone traffic factors into the count data; therefore, the countsshall take place when school isin session,unlessotherwise instructed to by the Project Manager. It is the responsibility of Consultant to check local school schedules and holidays. Payment will not be approved if counts are taken during holidays or when schools are out unless with the expressed and/or written permission by the Project Manager. 2) Volume and Vehicle Classification counts shall be performed on the same week or at the same time if possible. Permission may be granted bythe project manager to perform these counts not within the same week. 3) Each session performed will be paid for a predetermined, non-negotiated rate per session. Overhead costs and direct costs incurred by Consultant are also included in this rate. No additional payments will be made in addition to the per session rate(s); all invoicing shall only include actualsession(s) performed during the billing cycle. 4) Required Monthly Invoice: submit invoice with supporting documents for processing every month. 5) Required to provide a weekly activity schedule showing where traffic monitoring sessions will be performed for that week. This could be planned ahead of time and may be revised to accommodate certain unforeseen circumstances or emergencies, but the DOTD Project Manager must be informed of any changes.
