After successful trials an innovative remote access gate to assist protect highways workers, developed between partners Colas and Solar and Electric Gates Ltd (S&EG) and called Readi-Guard, is being launched through the UK. Reads-Guard uses the most up-to-date technology and was designed for the Three Way Partnership A-One+, between Colas Ltd, Halcrow Group Ltd, and Costain Group Plc.
The system removes manual operation of access points allowing authorised vehicles usage of worksites and preventing motorists from attempting to enter work areas which are tied to the population, protecting the highways workers inside. Motorist usually make an effort to enter work zones be responsible for abuse for highways workers, particularly, those who are operating the access points.
Both Ryan Wood, the Colas technical manager, and Dennis Gregg, Colas associate director along with a-one+, recognise the dangers and risks involved whilst being employed as a Event Traffic Management Management Operative. Gregg went on to focus on that abuse to highways workers through the drivers of passing vehicles should not ignored as it’s, unfortunately, an everyday occurrence in their chosen profession.
Both Wood and Gregg agreed that access suggests work sites were a genuine section of concern’ because where highways workers as well as the public can interact and, therefore, this may lead to potential confrontations. Normally these access points need to be opened and closed manually so that you can allow authorised vehicles usage of a piece site. The Readi-Guard takes highways worker out of the entry way and allowing its operation remotely, preventing confrontations with all the public and creating a safe environment for the kids.
Wood mentioned that their bond with S&EG meant that they have created system that prevents live traffic management and passing drivers as a danger to highways workers, particularly the feeder point operators, after they open work these points. Furthermore, the tranquility of the systems deployment allows for short usage even so the strategy is also fitted to long-term usage.
Wood confirmed how the successful trials had resulted in ‘keen interest’ in Readi-Guard from government owned highway operators,and today it could be rolled to use across the nation. He continued to say how the Readi-Guard can be a throughly planned system that solves an issue that designed a real risk to highways workers and others mixed up in the traffic management.
With the chance of danger to highways workers, this new technology demonstrates the significance for setting up a safe office by A-One+.
