Guidance Material | RMO

This section contains additional guidance documents and support resources.

Guidelines

Guidelines for Managing Openings in Public Roads (Purple Book)

Circular RW16 of 2023 Road Opening Licence Requirements for Concrete Footway Reinstatement

Concrete Footways - Permanent Reinstatement Guidance Document

Guidelines on Potential Locations of Overground Telecommunications Infrastructure on Public Roads

Design manual for Urban Roads and Streets

Traffic - Managing Timber Transport - Good Practice Guidelines 2014

Traffic - Traffic Management Guidelines 2003

RW 07 of 2025 Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Development

Road Sector Engagement Framework

Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Development - Interim Guidance

RW12 of 2025 Reinstatement Tolerance and Intervention Limits as set out in the Guidelines for Managing Openings in Public Roads

Reinstatement Tolerance and Intervention Limits Training Material

Guidance on the Process of Engagement between NBI & Local Authorities on the Application for Section 254 Licences

Specification

Specification - Technical Standard for the Design of Forest Entrances from Public Roads (2015 V2.1)

Safety

Safety - A Guide to Road Safety Engineering in Ireland 1996

Traffic

Guidelines for Setting and Managing Speed Limits in Ireland