BarrierGuard 800 has recently been deployed along a busy stretch of the M27 between Junction 11 and 12 on both sides of the motorway. BarrierGuard 800 steel safety barrier, specifically designed for use at road works on high speed roads, was chosen by Costain for its low deflection with Simon Taylor, Senior Traffic Safety and control Officer of Costain adding: "Highway Care's BarrierGuard was chosen for this particular scheme due to our requirement for a time and cost efficient temporary barrier solution. "Within two weeks of receiving instruction from Costain, Highway Care was on site and within four shifts over 6km of barrier was installed.

International Road Dynamics (IRD), the world's largest provider of Weigh-In-Motion systems and solutions for the global Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) market, today announced its results for the three months ended February 29, 2008. Sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 ended February 29, 2008 were US$6.9 million compared to US$8.3 million for the same period last year. Revenues in the United States rose 10.4% to US$3.8 million from US$3.5 million in the prior year period due primarily to increased revenue from in-vehicle driver management-GPS systems and the continuation of an 8 year contract to provide transponder administration services for the North Carolina Department of Transportation which started operation in the third quarter of fiscal 2007.

The REDFLEXred-speed fixed system provides a world leading technology in enforcement utilising inductive and non-inductive detectors. It provides the enforcement of red light and speed offences at intersections. The detection system utilises in-road inductive detectors and is capable of speed determination. Additional information such asvehicle length and class can also be acquired using this technology. The system is able to enforce red light, speed and combined red light and speed offences, and is suited to intersections. COMBINATION OFFENCES The REDFLEXred-speed system enforces offending vehicles that commit either a speed offence or a red light offence, or simultaneously commit a combined speed and red light infringement.

The REDFLEXradar-fixed system provides a world leading technology in enforcement utilising non-inductive detectors. It provides for the enforcement of red light and speed offences at intersections. The detection system utilising radar detection is capable of speed determination and is able to discriminate between approaching and receding traffic. The radar measures the speed of all passing targets and performs a precise measurement by way of Fast Fourier Transform processing which is then used to capture images of offending vehicles. VANDAL RESISTANT/WIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TOLERANCE Redflex's Photo Enforcement (fixed radar speed) system is a closed system enclosure that does not ingest outside air.

The REDFLEXred system provides a world leading technology in enforcement utilising inductive detectors. It provides the enforcement of red light offences at intersections.

The detection system utilising in-road inductive (i.e. loop loop) detection is capable of red light offence determination. Additional information such as vehicle length and class can also be acquired using this technology.

The system is able to enforce red-light offences with optional speed offence technology, and is suited to intersections.

REDFLEXrail is a level crossing violation monitoring system that detects and enforces offending vehicles at railway crossings. The system detects vehicles that disobey red lights, vehicles that drive around boom gates, and provides gridlock enforcement capabilities that capture images of all vehicles that stop within the violation area after a configurable time period (regardless of the signal or boom gates).

The system also enforces speed at the level crossing site. The system combines high resolution images with video of all offences to ensure enforcement and understanding of driver behaviour at the level crossing.

The industry-leading system features fully configurable, time into red time detection and vehicle image sequencing and timing. It also offers fully configurable independent speed limit and detection threshold settings. Inductive, magnetic, and video loops are available.

REDFLEXrail provides outstanding situational awareness and applications that manage the most challenging detection circumstances. The high-quality data it yields has consistently proven legible in judicial systems throughout the world.

Redflex's Point-to-Point solution provides speed enforcement and statistical information for vehicles traveling from one point to another. The system works by knowing the distance between the two points and the time it would take to travel that distance legally. Vehicle details (including image and time) are recorded at each point, and are later correlated at a central server to determine the average vehicle speed. Incident files are created for both local and point-to-point speeding vehicles. Optical character recognition (OCR) is used to automate the vehicle correlation process. The central server utilizes a relational database to store summary information, from which statistical information is extracted.

The REDFLEXtoll system provides a world leading technology in tolling enforcement providing networking and ticket processing facilities. It provides for the enforcement of tolling and speed offences.

A fully automated system, REDFLEXtoll enforcement system integrates with existing lane controllers and toll collection systems to provide evidential files for toll violations. Optical character recognition technology options are also available, allowing automatic identification of licence plates for faster processing.

SMOOTH SYSTEM INTEGRATION

REDFLEXtoll can be easily integrated into existing toll collection solutions. With the addition of Redflex speed measurement sensors the system can quickly be upgraded to provide speed as well as toll enforcement.

ILLUMINATION

Redflex Vehicle Identification Systems work with a wide range of white light or invisible Infrared illumination systems for optimum imaging performance.

Redflex has developed its own proprietary flash system specifically for traffic enforcement and imaging of vehicles, avoiding the need for intrusive flood lighting.

The REDFLEXspeed fixed system provides a world leading technology in enforcement utilising inductive and non-inductive detectors. It provides the enforcement of speed offences at intersections, single lane roads and on highways (capturing up to six lanes of traffic). The detection system utilising in-road inductive detectors is capable of speed determination and additional information such as vehicle length and class can also be acquired using this technology. Optionally, the system is also able to enforce red-light offences, and is suited to intersections. HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERA SYSTEM Redflex's high-resolution camera system enables the positive identification of an offending vehicle from a single close-up photograph.

Diamond Consulting Services (DCS), owners and developers of the Idris vehicle detection and classification technology have been presented with one of the UK's most prestigious awards. To win a Queen's Award for Enterprise is a significant, prestigious endorsement of business achievement. The awards are given solely on merit and the competition is fierce. DCS can be justifiably proud of their research & development success in the field of vehicle detection and classification for this is the second Queen's Award they have won in three years. DCS have proved once again they are industry leaders with their continued innovation and development of Idris.

International Road Dynamics (IRD) announced today that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary in Santiago, Chile, it has been awarded a contract to supply and install sixty Tire Deflator Devices, specialized barriers and other related products and services at specific border crossings in Mexico. The contract is valued at approximately US$3.7 Million. The Tire Deflator Devices and related equipment prevent the passage of unauthorized vehicles. When triggered by a border guard, they are exposed in the pavement to puncture the vehicle's tires. These proprietary products were acquired by IRD with the purchase of PAT Chile in 2005.

When selecting safety barriers for car parks it's easy to make the mistake of thinking most steel barriers would cope with the slow speeds in a car park if they can be used on motorways? Perhaps surprisingly this is not the case. Crashes on motorways typically hit the barriers a glancing blow whereas in car parks it's likely to be head on. In consequence a 10 mph impact in a car park will require the barrier to withstand very similar forces to a 70 mph impact on a motorway. Also, you don't want to replace the barriers after every knock so they need to absorb a blow and then return to effective service.

Nortech International has developed a piezo based axle detection card which has enabled Idris technology to use alternative sensors for data collection applications. This means Idris axle classification accuracy from existing piezo sites! As well as an Idris Certified Licensee Company (ICLC) Nortech is a manufacturer of Idris enhanced hardware. The company has been working, in cooperation with Diamond Consulting Services (DCS), to develop improved hardware suitable for Idris enhanced applications. Their aim - to provide the best automatic vehicle classification (AVC) hardware possible for today's ITS.

Sky High Traffic Surveys have been awarded a three year contract by the Northern Ireland Roads Service to collect traffic data across the whole of the major road network in Northern Ireland. Sky High will use a combination of video and automatic traffic counting techniques to measure traffic flows at over 200 sites each year. The Department for Regional Development will use the data as part of a new strategy to measure the amount of travel by road across the network. Mark Mattison, Managing Director of Sky High said he is delighted that Sky High can contribute its expertise in video and ATC surveys to the Directorate's progressive approach to monitoring road traffic trends.

Axle detection withstands road planing (milling) Idris now offers axle-based data collection using sub-base inductive loops whilst maintaining less than 95% vehicle classification accuracy. Installing loops below the wearing course enables the milling of road surfaces without damaging loop arrays. Idris' enhanced deep loop products eliminate the expense of axle detection replacement (loop and/or piezo), reducing further the already low Idris maintenance costs and increasing a system's overall lifespan. The aim for Idris has always been to provide the best automatic vehicle classification (AVC) technology possible for all environments.

Advanced Striping Equipment (ASE) is a leading supplier of specialized traffic marking equipment to the US and international markets. Our walk-behind machines, intermediate-stripers and truck-mounted units are designed and manufactured to exceed client expectations. From traffic paint and thermoplastic to plural component equipment, ASE is dedicated to manufacturing equipment that is designed for reliable operation, high performance, and economical production. HANDLINERS Advanced Striping Equipment is the maker of the Thermo Mark II line of handliners. Noted to be the finest handliners in the world, the ASE Thermo Mark II Featherlite, Double Drop and Sparrow handliners are durable and dependable for your complete road striping needs.

Tenix Solutions specialises in providing services in road safety, traffic and parking management to governments and state agencies. It is the only company in the world to offer fully integrated, end-to-end traffic camera, parking infringement management and enforcement services. Tenix Solutions' comprehensive portfolio of products includes on-street detection systems (including fixed and mobile speed detection cameras), evidence and infringement processing systems, and debtor management systems. Tenix Solutions offers the best people, technologies and processes to allow governments to manage driver behaviour and deliver sustainable transport solutions to achieve safer, fairer people flow on your roads.

Carlisle Cleaning and Support Services' road transport division is an award-winning, industry-leading expert in the provision of dedicated and specific cleaning and support services to the road transport industry. These services include: Daily and periodic MOT and heavy cleaning for coaches and buses Daily and periodic depot and office cleaning Shunting Fuelling Daily basic service checks Biological cleans Graffiti hit-teams Security services Customer-support staff Recruitment assessment training We pride ourselves on delivering innovative and comprehensive bespoke solutions to the road transport industry.

The Medway-Canvey Island crossing is the newest scheme proposed to provide a road and rail link that will integrate the Thames gateway transportation infrastructure. The entire scheme will consist of a road tunnel linking Canvey Island in Essex with the Medway towns across the Thames Estuary on the South bank (Hoo Peninsular in Kent). In addition, there would be a rail link that would link the Thames Gateway network with the Crossrail proposal for London. The scheme would also incorporate a surge tidal barrier, reclaimed land off Canvey Island to create a lagoon and a tidal power plant. The scheme is being championed by a consortium headed by Metrotidal Ltd, which has already submitted preliminary plans to Department for Transport and the Environment Agency for the scheme.

The original Burway Bridge collapsed on 27 June 2007, severing a gas main, due to exceptionally heavy flooding in the area when the River Corve rose 1.6m in around three hours. The collapse left a 16m-wide gap in the main road into Ludlow, which was a major problem as this was the main route into the town. "The new bridge, alongside the hire of the temporary bridge, is expected to cost a total of around £900,000." The work to clear the remains of the old bridge was completed by the end of July 2007. A temporary 31.5ft Bailey bridge, hired by Shropshire County Council, was put in place under the necessary weight restrictions until a new solution could be put into action.

The Westlink (A12) in Belfast is an important link in the city between the urban sections of various motorways (M1, M2 and M3 running south, north and east of the city). The Westlink was originally constructed in two phases. Phase 1, connecting the M1 at Broadway to Grosvenor Road, was opened in 1981. Phase 2, extended the road from Grosvenor Road to York Street, was opened in 1983. The road has undergone many expansions to try and increase its usefulness and decrease bottlenecks. For example, the southbound section from Grosvenor Road to Broadway was widened to three lanes in 2002. The road is mostly dual carriageway.