Challenge

Frontier Pitts was contacted by Neath Port Talbot Borough Council with a requirement to upgrade an existing roadblocker and tag system, installed over 20 years previously, to provide anti-ram traffic control protection.

The roadblockers are used to permit access for buses only, through an area where other vehicles have previously used the road as a bypass to avoid other traffic hotspots in the area.

The Tag System Technology has progressed greatly in the last 20 years, and the Council was keen to upgrade the system. The same system is also installed and has been in use at Swansea University since 2018. This was to ensure vehicles from both sites could use the same tags across both access control systems.

There was also an issue with vandalism in the area, so consideration had to be given to ensure the readers are installed appropriately, to avoid damage.

Solution

Frontier Pitts worked with Nortech Controls, who recommended the uPASS Target readers. The readers have a read range of 10m so they could be mounted on high access control posts to solve the problem of vandalism.

Benefits

  • Vehicles can be detected at up to 10m

  • UHF vehicle tags are inexpensive and easy to fit to vehicles

  • Avoids the need for manned gates

  • Prevents unauthorised vehicle access

  • Using the same technology readers expanded the system enabling buses to access both site

Testimonial

“After twenty years of maintenance and support, our local traffic control system needed to be upgraded. We are pleased we could work with Frontier Pitts and Nortech Controls again with the new installation.”