Sectio n 150
109-11INTEREST ON FINAL PAYMENT
Should final payment on a project not be made within 120 calendar days after the project final acceptance date, interest, at the average rate ear ned by the State Treasurer on the investment within the State's Short Term Investment Fund during the month preceding the date interest becomes payable, will be paid to the Contractor on the final payment for the period beginning on the 121st day after final acceptance and extending to the date the final estimate is paid, provided that the documents required by Article 109-10 have been submitted within 30 calendar days of the mailing of the notification outlined in Article 109-9. In the event the Contracto r fails to submit the required documents within the stipulated 30 calendar days, and the final estimate is not paid until 120 calendar days following final acceptance of the project, the number of days on which interest accrues will be reduced by the numbe r of calendar days in excess of 30 that the Contractor requires to submit the documents. MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC The Contractor will be required to maintain traffic within the limits of the project, including all existing roadways that cross or intersect the project, unless otherwise provided in the contract or approved by the Engineer. Traffic shall be maintained from the time the Contractor begins work on the project site until acceptance of the project, including any periods during w hich the Contractor's operations are suspended, unless otherwise provided for in the contract or approved by the Engineer. The Contractor shall conduct his work in a safe manner that will create a minimum amount of inconvenience to traffic. The Contractor shall be responsible for maintaining in a safe, passable and convenient condition, such part or parts of existing roads as are being used by him to maintain traffic within the limits of the project from the time the Contractor begins work on the project u ntil acceptance of the project by the Engineer . As an exception to the above, the Department will be responsible for the removal of ice and snow from all portions of the project open to traffic. Whenever it is necessary to use traffic control devices as s hown in the contract, as determined by the Engineer, or to conform to this section, the work of furnishing, erecting, operating, maintaining, covering, relocating and removing traffic control devices shall be in accordance with Divisions 11 and 12.