Kier is set to trial an automated-gate system designed to protect road workers.
The SwiftGate device will reduce the need for personnel to put out cones amid moving traffic, according to a statement from project funder National Highways.
It is being installed at the A3 Hindhead Tunnel in Surrey, which requires regular closures for maintenance work with workers previously coning off its entrances themselves. During 2019, there were 14 vehicle incursions into the roadworks, putting lives at risk.
The gates filter traffic out of a lane, enabling cones to then be put out on the other side of the gate to clearly mark out the closed lane. A statement from National Highways said that, as well as avoiding the need for workers to manually set out tapers, the arms are a strong visual deterrent, which will help avoid incursions, particularly at night.
Kier Highways senior project manager Mark Sheppard said: “The SwiftGate project will give us a great opportunity to trial something that is completely new to the National Highways network, that will modernise the standard approach to road worker protection.
“Traffic management installation can be a high-risk activity, so the opportunity to introduce an automatic solution that has the potential to remove the need to put our workforce in the ‘firing line’, is a worthy project.”
The devices are supplied by tech firm Highway Care.
National Highways head of lean and continuous improvement Martin Bolt said: “If successful, SwiftGate is another step to zero-live-lane working for our workforce as we work towards our goal of ensuring nobody is harmed while working or travelling on our roads. The automated tapers free up workers to do other jobs and can be put out in just 50 seconds meaning work can begin straight away with less disruption for road users.”
Other trials being carried out by National Highways contractors include automated cone-laying machines.
Kier Highways was reappointed to the £190m Area 3 maintenance contract, which includes Surrey, for the then Highways England in May last year. Earlier this week National Highways awarded its £328m Area 9 maintenance contract for the West Midlands to Colas. It had previously been delivered by Kier.
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