Tag Archives: Pedestrian Guardrail

Expert surveyor, Roger Bristol provides some useful tips for Installing metal railings and pedestrian guardrail into hard and soft surfaces.

Over 1200m of Pedestrian Guardrail manufactured by Alpha Rail has been installed at the Exe Bridges roundabout in a bid to help improve pedestrian safety.

School children and pedestrians in Forest Town are now better protected following the installation of a bespoke pedestrian guardrail solution to the B6030, Clipstone Road in Forest Town, Nottinghamshire which was manufactured and supplied by Alpha Rail for installation by contractor Via East Midlands. The new pedestrian guardrail has been installed to an area of this busy main road near to the Forest Town Primary School main entrance where a puffin crossing was being installed. A recent audit conducted by Nottinghamshire County Council

There have been two very high profile examples in the media recently that highlight how fine the balance between safety and appearance can be when considering the installation of pedestrian guardrail and other metal railings or barriers.

Kirkby in Ashfield based metal railings and gates manufacturer, Alpha Rail has supplied pedestrian guardrail for a £50m road widening scheme in Northern Ireland. The widening project involved upgrading a 3.5km stretch of carriageway on the A2 Shore Road between Jordanstown Road and Seapark to dual carriageway standard. Improvements also included four new roundabouts at Shore Avenue, Shorelands, Station Road Greenisland and Seapark junction.

Alpha Rail has been involved in the supply and installation of pedestrian guardrail on a £1.4 million road-widening scheme on Brixham Rd, Paignton, Devon