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M62 - Your Local History
A lot of finds were uncovered during the archaeological evaluation carried out for the M62 Junction 6 Improvement scheme so we thought it would be nice to provide an interactive website so you can see what we found.
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Road Worker Safety
The Highways Agency manages one of the busiest high-speed road networks in the world. Because of the high volume of traffic, this brings increased risks to those who work on the network to ensure that it is kept safe and in good condition for millions of road users.
Due to recent fatalities of Highways Agency road workers, the agency has highlighted the continuing need to focus on the safety for this group in particular and for all workers on the network in general. Further initiatives are necessary to drive the reduction of casualties to road workers. The Government, Highways Agency, and its suppliers and stakeholders are committed to make improvements in the measures taken to protect our valuable workforce.
The links below provide information on the research the Highways Agency has implemented, as well as the strategies they have developed to help improve road worker safety.
The Road Worker Safety Strategy and Action Plan are part of Aiming for Zero, the Highways Agency's vision and strategy for health and safety across its workforce.
- Road Worker Safety Information
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- Road Worker Safety Strategy
- Road Worker Safety Strategy - Action Plan 2009 - 2011 (PDF 3.0MB)
- Road Worker Safety - Respect Our Road Workers
- Roadworker Safety Action Plan 2006/7
- Download Roadworker Safety Action Plan 2009/11 as PDF (762KB PDF)
- Roadworkers' Safety Report Phase One - April 2006
- Roadworkers' Safety Report Phase Two - July 2006
- Speed Limit Enforcement at Road Works: Guidance and Best Practice (747KB PDF)
- Driver Behaviour Through Roadworks - Area Road Users' Satisfaction Survey 2007-08 (PDF 1.53MB)
- Road Worker Safety Strategy
- Related Press Releases
- Five seconds could lose a life - respect our road workers - 12th March 2009
- Middlesbrough promotes road worker safety message - 27th February 2009
The Road Workers' Safety Forum - Conemaster Report
The Road Workers' Safety Forum (RoWSaF) exists to improve the safety of road workers on all roads. As part of this work, RoWSaF has investigated and supported automation of the placement and retrieval of traffic cones.
The Conemaster system (developed by Jordan Products) is a cone placement and retrieval machine that has been evaluated by the Trials Team in previous off-road and short-term trials.
A five month on-road trial of the Conemaster system was carried out between September 2009 and February 2010 with support of one of the HA's Service Providers.
The aim of this evaluation was to assess whether the Conemaster system was safe, reliable and effective for general operational service with a Service Provider.
Further information and results of the on-road trial can be viewed in this report and is available for download below.
