# East Coast Traffic Control (ECTC)

> Regional Queensland and New South Wales traffic control, run from 13 local depots, backed by an ASX-listed parent. In business since 1993. 24/7. Phone 1300 011 203. Email sales@ectc.com.au. Parent company TIP Group (Team Invest Private (ASX:TIP)).

East Coast Traffic Control (ECTC) is a traffic management company established in 1993, with 13 depots across regional Queensland and New South Wales from Cairns to the Riverina. It supplies accredited traffic controllers, in-house Traffic Management Plans and Traffic Guidance Schemes, and road authority permits, 24/7, and is ISO certified and part of ASX-listed TIP Group.

## Key facts
- Services: traffic control, traffic management plans (TMP), traffic guidance schemes (TGS), permits and road occupancy, event traffic management, emergency and disaster response, night works, traffic controller hire.
- Coverage: 13 depots across Queensland and New South Wales, mobilising to 24 named locations. Queensland jobs follow TMR requirements (MUTCD Part 3, TRUM). NSW jobs follow TfNSW requirements (Traffic Control at Work Sites).
- Compliance: ISO quality, safety and environment certified; approved supplier through LGP, LGCA and Local Buy.
- How to book: call 1300 011 203, use the quote form at https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/contact-us/, or contact the local Area Manager listed below.
- Careers: ECTC employs licensed traffic controllers only. ECTC is not a registered training organisation and does not issue tickets.

## Services
- [Roadworks and civil traffic control](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/traffic-control/roadworks-and-civil/): ECTC supplies roadworks traffic control for civil contractors and road authorities across Queensland and New South Wales: accredited TCs and TMIs, Traffic Guidance Schemes drawn to the posted speed, portable traffic signals, TMA vehicles for high-speed corridors and TMR or council permits lodged for you. Crews mobilise from 13 depots, day or night, for anything from a kerb repair to a 36-hour highway closure.
- [Traffic management for councils in Queensland and New South Wales](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/traffic-control/councils-and-government/): ECTC provides council traffic management across Queensland and New South Wales: traffic control crews, Traffic Guidance Schemes and Traffic Management Plans for reseal programs, maintenance, footpath and streetscape works, civic events and disaster response. ECTC is an approved supplier to Local Government Procurement, LGCA and Local Buy, ISO quality, safety and environment certified, and runs 13 regional depots with local crews.
- [Utilities and energy traffic control](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/traffic-control/utilities-and-energy/): ECTC provides traffic control for utility and energy work across Queensland and New South Wales: reactive and planned powerline works for distributors and their contractors, water main and sewer programs, telecommunications pits and cabling, and site access and oversize movements for solar, wind and battery projects, including the Clarke Creek solar and wind farms and the Callide C4 transformer move.
- [Night works traffic control](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/traffic-control/night-works/): ECTC runs night works traffic control across Queensland and New South Wales: floodlit setups with vehicle strobes, portable traffic signals and boom gates so controllers are not standing in a live lane in the dark, fatigue-managed crews on 8, 10 or 12 hour shifts, and staged closures timed to the permit window. Day and night crews ran a 36-hour Bruce Highway closure in Rockhampton in rotation.
- [Traffic controller hire](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/traffic-control/traffic-controller-hire/): ECTC supplies traffic controller hire across Queensland and New South Wales: accredited Traffic Controllers, Traffic Management Implementers and TMA drivers, allocated from 13 depots to implement your approved Traffic Guidance Scheme or ours. Crews arrive with vehicles, arrow boards, signage, radios and PPE, run a pre-start, set out in sequence and document the shift. Available 24/7, booked through the local Area Manager.
- [Event traffic management](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/traffic-control/events/): ECTC provides event traffic management across Queensland and New South Wales: an event Traffic Management Plan and Traffic Guidance Schemes prepared by in-house designers, road closure and council permits lodged for you, and accredited traffic controllers for ingress, pedestrian crossings, parking and egress. We have run concerts, shows, fun runs, parades and council Christmas events from depots between Cairns and the Riverina.
- [Emergency traffic control for cyclone, flood and storm recovery](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/traffic-control/emergency-and-disaster-response/): ECTC provides emergency traffic control across Queensland and New South Wales: closures, detours, lane blocks and access control for councils, disaster management groups, electricity distributors and recovery contractors after cyclones, floods, fires and storms. With 13 depots from Cairns to the Riverina, crews are local to the work and can be repositioned before a weather event hits.

## Planning
- [Permits and road occupancy](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/planning/permits-and-road-occupancy/): Works on a public road need the road owner's permission first. In Queensland that is a TMR district permit for state-controlled roads, a council works-on-road approval for local roads, a Queensland Police permit for full closures and a TransLink notification where bus routes are affected. ECTC prepares the plan, lodges each application for the client and tracks it from submission to expiry.
- [Traffic management planning](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/planning/): ECTC prepares Traffic Management Plans (TMPs), Traffic Guidance Schemes (TGSs) and road authority permit applications in-house for projects across Queensland and New South Wales. Our Traffic Management Designers draw to the current TMR MUTCD Part 3 and QGTTM in Queensland and the Transport for NSW framework in NSW, lodge with the authority, and hand the approved plan to our own crews to implement.
- [Traffic Guidance Schemes (TGS)](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/planning/traffic-guidance-schemes/): A Traffic Guidance Scheme (TGS) is a scaled drawing of the temporary traffic arrangement for one work activity: advance warning signs spaced to the posted speed, tapers, delineation, controller and portable signal positions, pedestrian provisions and the work area. ECTC's Traffic Management Designers draw site-specific TGSs to TMR's MUTCD Part 3 in Queensland and Transport for NSW's TCAWS in NSW, and our TMIs set them out.
- [Traffic Management Plans (TMP)](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/planning/traffic-management-plans/): A Traffic Management Plan (TMP) sets out how traffic, pedestrians, cyclists and workers will be managed across the life of a project: scope, phases, risk assessment, roles, contingencies, road authority communication and the Traffic Guidance Schemes attached. ECTC's in-house Traffic Management Designers prepare TMPs to TMR's MUTCD Part 3 and QGTTM in Queensland and the Transport for NSW framework in NSW, and lodge them.

## Depots and Area Managers
- [Cairns](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/cairns/): Area Manager Mark Beman, 0408 060 722, mark@ectc.com.au. Shed 7, 10-12 Hannam Street Bungalow, Queensland 4870.
- [Townsville](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/townsville/): Area Manager Ashley Brisbin, 0477 769 112, ashley@ectc.com.au. 19 Hammett Street, Currajong QLD 4812.
- [Mackay](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/mackay/): Area Manager Nerolie Falzon, 0460 285 480, nerolie@ectc.com.au. shed e2/32 Campbell St, Slade Point Queensland 4740.
- [Rockhampton](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/rockhampton/): Area Manager Ashley Brisbin and Charlotte Richardson, 0477 769 112, ashley@ectc.com.au. 1/11 Sturt Street, Parkhurst QLD 4702.
- [Gladstone](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/gladstone/): Area Manager Charlotte Richardson, 0460 289 807, charlotte@ectc.com.au. E18, 17 Dalrymple Drive, Toolooa Gladstone, Queensland 4680.
- [Hervey Bay](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/hervey-bay-maryborough/): Area Manager Jesse Poole, 0482 608 196, jesse@ectc.com.au. Hervey Bay QLD 4655.
- [Sunshine Coast](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/sunshine-coast/): Area Manager Jesse Poole, 0482 608 196, jesse@ectc.com.au. 3/30 Maud Street, Maroochydore QLD 4558.
- [Gold Coast / Northern NSW](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/gold-coast-traffic-control/): Area Manager Richard Hunt, 0409 159 348, richard@ectc.com.au. Gold Coast QLD.
- [Mid North Coast NSW](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/mid-north-coast-nsw-traffic-control/): Area Manager Darin Downton, 0491 204 970, darin@ectc.com.au. Coffs Harbour NSW.
- [Dubbo](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/dubbo-traffic-control/): Area Manager Kyle, 0407 701 608, kyle@ectc.com.au. Dubbo NSW.
- [Wagga Wagga](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/wagga-wagga-traffic-control/): Area Manager Craig, 0418 337 165, craig@ectc.com.au. Wagga Wagga NSW.
- [Tumbarumba](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/tumbarumba-traffic-control/): Area Manager Ruby, 0459 374 656, ruby@ectc.com.au. Tumbarumba NSW.
- [Young](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/young/): Area Manager Amy Downey, 0438 832 228, amy@ectc.com.au. 2 Chillingworks Road, Young NSW 2594.

## Locations
- [Albury](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/albury-traffic-control/)
- [Batemans Bay](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/batemans-bay-traffic-control/)
- [Bathurst](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/bathurst-traffic-control/)
- [Brisbane](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/brisbane-traffic-control/)
- [Bundaberg](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/bundaberg-traffic-control/)
- [Cairns](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/cairns/)
- [Cooma](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/cooma-traffic-control/)
- [Dubbo](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/dubbo-traffic-control/)
- [Gladstone](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/gladstone/)
- [Gold Coast](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/gold-coast-traffic-control/)
- [Goulburn](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/goulburn-traffic-control/)
- [Griffith](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/griffith-traffic-control/)
- [Hervey Bay](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/hervey-bay-maryborough/)
- [Mackay](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/mackay/)
- [Coffs Harbour](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/mid-north-coast-nsw-traffic-control/)
- [Northern NSW](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/northern-nsw-traffic-control/)
- [Rockhampton](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/rockhampton/)
- [Sunshine Coast](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/sunshine-coast/)
- [Toowoomba](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/toowoomba-traffic-control/)
- [Townsville](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/townsville/)
- [Tumbarumba](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/tumbarumba-traffic-control/)
- [Wagga Wagga](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/wagga-wagga-traffic-control/)
- [Whitsundays](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/whitsundays-traffic-control/)
- [Young](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/young/)

## Guides
- [Event traffic management checklist: from first council email to road reopened](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/resources/event-traffic-management-checklist/): Event traffic management needs a traffic management plan and traffic guidance scheme prepared by an authorised designer, a council road closure application lodged weeks ahead (Brisbane City Council asks for six weeks for special events), a police road closure permit, accredited traffic controllers at every closure and crossing point, maintained emergency access, and a bump-in and bump-out plan.
- [Traffic management glossary](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/resources/glossary/): This glossary defines the temporary traffic management terms as used in Queensland (Transport and Main Roads, MUTCD Part 3, QGTTM) and New South Wales (Transport for NSW TCAWS, SafeWork NSW). Where a term means something different across the border, such as TCP, the entry says so. Definitions are short enough to quote and link to the official source documents.
- [How much does traffic control cost? The drivers behind every quote](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/resources/how-much-does-traffic-control-cost/): Traffic control is priced from the number of accredited people on site, the hours they work and when (nights, weekends and public holidays attract award penalty rates), minimum shift lengths, travel from the nearest depot, equipment such as TMA trucks and VMS boards, and plan and permit fees. Send location, dates, hours, layout, speed limit and road authority for a quote.
- [Queensland MUTCD Part 3: a plain-English guide for project managers](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/resources/mutcd-part-3-queensland/): The Queensland Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Part 3, Traffic control for works on roads, is Transport and Main Roads' rulebook for temporary traffic management. It is read together with AS 1742.3-2019 and takes precedence over it in Queensland. The Queensland Guide to Temporary Traffic Management (QGTTM) supplies the design detail. Both are updated in May and November each year.
- [NSW traffic control licences: the SafeWork NSW card classes explained](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/resources/nsw-traffic-control-licences/): In NSW every traffic control worker must hold a SafeWork NSW Traffic Control Work Training (TCWT) card in the class for their work: Traffic controller (TCR), Implement traffic control plans (IMP) or Prepare a work zone traffic management plan (PWZ). Training is through SafeWork-approved RTOs. Employers must confirm training or practice within the last two years. ECTC is not an RTO.
- [Queensland traffic control licences: how accreditation works](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/resources/queensland-traffic-control-licences/): To control traffic in Queensland you must hold a Traffic Controller Industry Authority card issued by Transport and Main Roads after an approved RTO course that includes RIIWHS205E and 20 hours of supervised practical placement. Interstate cards are not transferable. Traffic Management Implementer (TMI) and Traffic Management Designer (TMD) are separate, higher cards. ECTC is not an RTO.
- [Traffic Control at Work Sites (TCAWS): what the NSW standard requires](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/resources/tfnsw-traffic-control-at-work-sites/): Traffic Control at Work Sites (TCAWS) is Transport for NSW's standard for temporary traffic management. Technical Standard TS 05492:1.0, published 25 June 2026, replaced the Issue 6.1 Technical Manual and sets minimum requirements for all public roads in NSW. From 1 July 2026 the Roads Act requires road work speed limit signs to follow it; councils apply it through their authorisation.
- [TMP vs TGS: what is the difference, and which one does your job need?](https://eastcoasttrafficcontrol.com.au/resources/tmp-vs-tgs/): A traffic management plan (TMP) describes how a whole job manages traffic, pedestrians and risk. A traffic guidance scheme (TGS) is the site drawing showing where each sign, device and controller goes. In NSW the older term traffic control plan (TCP) is still used for that drawing. Both states require a trained designer to prepare them.

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