Enabling Rollout of Stopped Vehicle Detection on All Lane Running Schemes

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Highways England awarded a contract to WSP for the provision of services to develop an enabling package of works, identifying activities, risks, and challenges in rolling out stopped vehicle detection (SVD) across the smart motorways programme and planning resolutions.

The contract, valued at AUD 250,000, follows a feasibility study that assessed off-the-shelf technology retro-fitted at two all lane running (ALR) sections on the M25 (J5-6 & J23-27), determining SVD as a workable solution to mitigate risks associated with stationary vehicles by providing alerts to an existing RCC interface.

The rollout of radar-based technology onto operational ALR sections aims to reduce risk to broken down vehicles in live lanes, particularly in low flow conditions, by alerting operators for appropriate incident response.

The requirement has been incorporated into the smart motorways programme through revisions to IAN161/15 (Major Projects Instruction 66).

This task expands on previous SPaTS task 1-301 to continue developing assumptions and identifying enablers for a robust rollout strategy and plan, with the goal of reducing mobilisation effort and achieving efficiencies.