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A bollard system designed to protect residents from a terrorist attack will come into force in Canterbury City Centre in late autumn 2020, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Canterbury City Council decided to install the barriers on the advice of specialist police officers to protect people and… Read more »

Without a doubt, access to a power source is one of the main pre-requisites for any automated gate, making it difficult to install in fields and other remote locations. However, solar technology will change all that, experts in this field believe. Improvements in solar panel technology have created opportunities to install gate automation on any… Read more »

Rising bollards have made a comeback in Grimsby town centre back in September, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. North East Lincolnshire Council have announced their decision to reintroduce rising bollards on Victoria Street in Grimsby Town Centre in support of a long-standing Traffic Regulation Order which restricts… Read more »

B&Q in Stoke-on-Trent will install a permanent car park barrier to keep out car enthusiasts after a number of residents complained about being kept awake by revving engines, banging music and wheel spins on the car parks serving the Tesco and B&Q stores in Meir Park. Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Staffordshire Police have pledged to… Read more »

Metal fencing has been put up around a rock in Oswaldtwistle in a bid to deter youths from tombstoning into water, a news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Concerns were raised earlier this year about the easy access to the disused quarry after the metal fencing was knocked down and… Read more »

Automatic gates that use QR codes to grant access to passengers will soon be deployed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in India for passengers traveling on long distance trains, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Shalabh Goel, Divisional Railway Manager, CR said the main aim to install automatic gates is… Read more »

New rising bollards are set to be installed in Nuneaton, Bedworth and Stratford town centres as part of a project worth an estimated £430,000, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. These are the only three town centres to have automatic rising bollards to keep vehicles out of pedestrian… Read more »

Very strict traffic management systems have been deployed at Loch Muick and Linn of Dee after the two Aberdeenshire beauty spots have been plagued by irresponsible parking in recent weeks, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Both the Linn of Dee and Loch Muick in Deeside have been… Read more »

A properly designed and implemented entrance control system – usually involving some form of pedestrian entrance control such as optical turnstiles, mechanical turnstiles, or portals – can have a major role in the deterrence of active shooter incidents, security experts believe. Evidence suggests that the largest proportion of such unwanted incidents occur in workplaces where… Read more »

Bollards around York city centre have been reinstalled earlier this year after concerns about people driving down roads they should not be and motorists going too fast, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Some bollards in city centre streets are put up and removed on a daily schedule… Read more »

The increasingly higher need for enhanced security in public areas is one of the main factors driving accelerated growth in the global turnstile market, a recent market research report has been able to suggest. The “Global Turnstile Gates Market Research Report” from Value Market Research is an in-depth analysis of the market covering its size,… Read more »

The Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA)’s planning committee gave the go-ahead for the new solar-powered barriers at the exit and entrance of the Upper Coire Cas car park, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. People driving to the mountain will need to pay to park between April and… Read more »