Mobile barrier

The challenge

Working in live lanes is a real risk to our workforce.

To work safely, we often need full carriageway closures which inconveniences road users. With increased traffic volumes this also puts more pressure on the network.​

The project

​The mobile barrier provides exceptional protection for both road workers and motorists and reduces the severity of incidents in and around work zones.​

​It provides physical protection, absorbing the impact of vehicles strikes from the side. A lorry mounted crash cushion gives protection from the rear, with approved lighting and signage providing ample visibility for all.​​

The barrier offers a number of benefits to road workers, including:​

• ​all round impact protection
• available for use 24/7 with correct maintenance
• versatile and adaptable to near-end far side works
• less resources, exposure time and costs with the ability to mirror off-side lane closure
• reduced overall night shifts on schemes​

​We are working with Kier we're exploring how the US made barrier can enhance safety measures and reduce road worker exposure. ​

​Mobile barriers are an innovative way of to increase protection for road workers. ​They’re helping customers too, because the faster we can get the work done safely, the better people’s journeys will be.