We are on a mission to tackle the blight of graffiti by finding new products to remove graffiti but also potential solutions that will prevent the vandalism appearing in the first place.
Graffiti on bridges and next to roads can be distracting for drivers and the clean-up often requires lane or road closures, disrupting traffic. And it is costly – up to £10,000 to remove one instance of graffiti.
We launched a competition with partners Kier and Connected Places Catapult to identify new solutions for dealing with graffiti. The programme sought to award up to six organisations with £30,000 to design a trial of their technology on a road network testbed.
The technology could include:
More than a dozen companies submitted their concepts and products. The five most promising are now developing their ideas. They will produce a feasibility study for National Highways to decide on the most promising products to take forward for use on the road network.
The five winning ideas are:
Innovation theme
Maintenance
Operations
Imperative
Safety
Customer