SRL Traffic Systems, a manufacturer and supplier of portable and temporary ITS equipment, has announced an exclusive hire partnership with traffic product development consultancy, Innovative Road Safety Solutions (IRSS).
The partnership facilitates the launch of a new temporary traffic light installation solution designed to enable traffic management companies and local authorities to quickly, cost-effectively and safely decommission and reactivate permanent traffic lights.
Under the company’s new Switching Service, specially trained SRL employees installing temporary traffic lights switch off permanent signs and install patented, high visibility PVC CoverMe signal bags, which they do from the ground using an extension pole and bungee cord. On project completion, they access and inspect the permanent signal boxes before de-bagging and reactivation.
The new service precludes the need for customers to hire dedicated traffic signal engineers to make separate site visits to switch permanent signs off and on and to bag them before roadworks commence.
According to SRL, the ground-based Switching Service is cheaper and safer than the alternative, which involves personnel working at a height of between 4-6m, and reportedly removes project delays incurred as teams wait for independent engineers to arrive.
In a joint statement, the managing director of SRL’s hire division, Malcolm Johnstone, and IRSS director Peter Hoban, said: “Our new partnership enables us to promote the efficiency, cost-effectiveness and safety of roadwork projects across the UK and Ireland. Initial customer feedback has been very strong indeed.”
The new service is currently being used by Colas Group on a junction on Dewsbury Road into Leeds, part of the City Connect project. part of the City Connect project. “SRL’s ability to decommission and bag-off permanent lights saves time and money and totally eradicates the working at height risk,” said Patrick Slicker of Colas Group.
