Traffic Convoy Systems

There are more and more vehicles on the UK road network than ever before, and with approximately 96% of roads being managed by Local Authorities in England, these will not have been widened to increase their capacity in line with increased traffic flows.

In numerous cases the job of maintaining the current roads to a level expected by the road user, becomes more difficult due to their restrictive width, and high vehicle flows

Road workers must be kept safe, as well as members of the public, therefore in these restricted road width situations the traffic needs to be kept under control and restricted to lower speeds, in order to protect both those engaged in the works, and those passing through the works.

Convoy systems are commonly used in these situations and are excellent at achieving these aims. They can be operated on both normal single carriageway roads, and dual carriageways.

Beaumont Traffic Management Ltd uses small vehicles chosen specifically for their manoeuvrability to operate in this type of system.

Planning of convoy systems is extremely important, and we are happy to carry out initial planning exercises to ensure that delays to the road user are minimised without compromising safety to the road worker.