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[Home](/) 2. [Service Areas](/service-areas) 3. the Midlands ![Midlands motorway interchange with sweeping slip roads and distribution warehouses beyond](/assets/midlands-CbIVmSIU.jpg) The Midlands · east & west # Traffic Management Across the East and West Midlands. The busiest motorway network in the country, dense urban ring roads and continuous logistics traffic. Midlands schemes live or die on timing and geometry, and we design them around both. [Request an Estimate](/contact)[Call 01865 965 271](tel:+441865965271) Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Northampton · M1, M6, M5, M42, M40 corridors · Sector Scheme 12D crews · 24/7 call-out · £10m public liability. 25 Years in traffic management ~300 Operatives & staff ~150 Lorries, vans & cars £10m Public liability cover 24/7 Cover, including call-outs Local coverage ## Coverage across both Midlands, on urban networks and motorway corridors Coverage West Midlands and Black Country, plus Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire Availability 24/7, including night working on corridors with continuous freight traffic Authorities City, unitary and county highway authorities, plus National Highways on the motorway and trunk network Site types Urban ring roads and dual carriageways, motorway corridors, logistics and distribution accesses, city centre streets, event venues We work across the West Midlands — Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Solihull, Walsall, Dudley and the Black Country — and the East Midlands, including Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Northampton, Milton Keynes' northern fringe and the towns along the M1 and A5. The Midlands carries the densest motorway network in the UK: the M1, M6, M5, M42, M40, M69 and M54, plus the A5, A38, A45, A46 and A50. Freight and logistics traffic runs continuously through it, so there is far less genuine off-peak capacity than the raw traffic figures suggest. Urban schemes here are shaped by post-war road building: wide ring roads, grade-separated junctions, underpasses and dual carriageways running straight through city centres. Those roads move a lot of traffic, but they leave very few diversion options when one direction is taken out. The work includes utility and civils programmes across the conurbations, long-duration development and logistics site accesses, ring road and dual carriageway lane closures, motorway corridor schemes under 12D, rail and infrastructure project support, and event traffic management at the region's venues and arenas. Services in the Midlands ## Everything the scheme needs,available across the Midlands Everything a Midlands scheme needs, including the high-speed capability and the night-shift resourcing that this network demands. [![Motorway lane closure with barriers and a highway maintenance vehicle](/__l5e/assets-v1/449747d8-b7f5-4cad-9cdb-4790d86ed118/high-speed-traffic-management-09.jpg) ### High-Speed Traffic Management M1, M6, M5, M42 and ring road dual carriageway works under Sector Scheme 12D by ticketed crews. View service ](/services/high-speed-traffic-management)[![Barriers, cones and site fencing protecting an excavator working next to the highway](/__l5e/assets-v1/66254b18-e4eb-443a-bf85-2ec6e03c3edf/construction-traffic-management-07.jpg) ### Traffic Management Complete schemes with design, approval, equipment and our own crews, across both Midlands regions. View service ](/services/traffic-management)[![Illuminated road closed and footway closed signage on a cobbled alley at night](/__l5e/assets-v1/613dd0bb-7eac-4eb2-bd26-443f3166ec5b/full-road-closure-04.jpg) ### Road & Lane Closures Lane closures and contraflows on urban ring roads where diversion options are limited and volumes are high. View service ](/services/road-and-lane-closures)[![Floodlit night works excavation with plant and works vehicle in attendance](/__l5e/assets-v1/e81735a5-7f0b-44fe-bf42-56cc317db1f5/out-of-hours-night-works-03.jpg) ### Night Works & Emergency Response Night shifts on freight corridors that cannot be occupied by day, plus 24/7 emergency response. View service ](/services/night-works-and-emergency-response)[![Road works, traffic signals ahead, road narrows and arrow signs set out on cones at a work site approach](/__l5e/assets-v1/5b9d0cf1-97f3-426a-b763-1315a5a1b738/signage-after-04.jpg) ### Traffic Light Hire Portable and vehicle-actuated signals for busy Midlands junctions, installed and maintained for the hire period. View service ](/services/traffic-light-hire)[![Yellow advance warning sign on cones giving notice of a street closure and its dates](/__l5e/assets-v1/5e5a6978-5b8f-4b31-9651-91cee7839994/full-road-closure-02.jpg) ### Permits & TTROs Permits and TTROs across multiple Midlands authorities, each submitted to its own permit scheme. View service ](/services/permits-and-ttros)[![Continuous line of pedestrian barriers separating a closed footway from the live carriageway beside a hoarded site](/__l5e/assets-v1/ced75968-199c-4c50-8d09-a8f8991309eb/barriers-and-access-control-02.jpg) ### Barriers & Access Control Barriers, ground protection and manned accesses for logistics and distribution sites with round-the-clock deliveries. View service ](/services/barriers-and-access-control)[![CAD temporary traffic management design drawing showing sign positions and work area layout](/__l5e/assets-v1/9ff25951-939b-469f-979e-0c06110c3ec7/review-cad-drawing-ttm-design-tadmarton-heath-road-01.jpg) ### CAD Drawings & TTM Design CAD drawings for grade-separated junctions, underpasses and ring road arrangements taken through to approval. View service ](/services/cad-drawings-and-ttm-design)[![Barriers and cones set out along a public road in front of construction hoarding](/__l5e/assets-v1/9a05a686-d315-4c91-84b0-bbc19b0755c5/construction-traffic-management-11.jpg) ### Site Safety & Professional Services Coordination across multi-phase urban programmes, with incursion prevention and warning systems where risk demands. View service ](/services/site-safety-and-professional-services) [All traffic management services](/services) Why us here ## Why contractors in the Midlandskeep the work with us High-speed network capability Sector Scheme 12D registration and ticketed crews for the country's densest motorway network, with correct taper lengths and safety zones. Resourced for night shifts Around 300 operatives and around 150 vehicles, so multiple concurrent night schemes can be staffed properly rather than thinly. Urban ring road experience 25 years of temporary traffic management including grade-separated junctions, underpasses and dual carriageways through city centres. Multi-authority submissions City, unitary and county authorities plus National Highways handled together, so a cross-boundary programme stays one contract. Logistics-aware arrangements Access geometry and holding areas designed for HGVs and continuous deliveries, not just for cars. Accredited and insured Constructionline, CHAS, SafeContractor, Achilles UVDB, Acclaim, BM Trada and ISO 9001, with £10m public and £10m employers' liability. Local conditions ## What the Midlands network does to a scheme This is a region built around movement of freight and around fast urban roads. Both leave very little tolerance for an arrangement that is slightly wrong. ### Continuous freight and logistics traffic Distribution centres across the region run around the clock, so HGV volumes stay high overnight. The quiet window that makes night works simple elsewhere is much narrower here. Arrangements must accommodate HGV swept paths and long-vehicle turning at every point, because a layout that only works for cars gets driven over. ### Ring roads with no diversion options Post-war urban road building produced high-capacity ring roads and dual carriageways with grade-separated junctions and underpasses. Take one direction out and there is often no equivalent parallel route. That makes lane arrangements, contraflows and tightly managed overnight windows more common than closures, and the geometry has to be right at the first attempt. ### Motorway junction interfaces Works near M1, M6, M5, M42 and M69 junctions frequently involve National Highways alongside the local authority, and slip roads carry high speeds with short decision distances. High-speed schemes are delivered under 12D with correct tapers, safety zones and advance signing — and queue risk on approaches has to be considered, not just the working space itself. ### Mixed building age and buried services Victorian terraces, post-war estates and modern commercial development sit side by side, so street geometry and excavation conditions vary sharply within a single programme. Older areas bring unrecorded apparatus and growing excavations; newer estates bring narrow adopted roads and parked cars that leave no room for a working space at all. ### Long-term development and phase drift Large urban regeneration and logistics developments create long-duration accesses and multi-phase arrangements that change repeatedly over months. Those schemes fail through drift: missing signs, moved barriers, undefined phase transitions. Inspection, resetting and planned phase changes are what keep them compliant. ### Winter conditions and conspicuity Dark, wet winter conditions on high-speed urban roads cut sign conspicuity, and spray from heavy traffic dirties signage quickly. Sign condition, cleaning, lighting and inspection frequency are part of the scheme here rather than an optional extra, particularly on night shifts. Our process ## How a the Midlands scheme gets fromenquiry to signed-off completion 1. Step 1 ### Enquiry and site review You send the location, the works and the dates. We check the road type, the speed limit, the highway authority involved and any local constraints before quoting. 2. Step 2 ### Scheme design and CAD drawing We produce the temporary traffic management design and scheme-specific CAD drawings for the arrangement your works actually need, not a generic layout. 3. Step 3 ### Permits, TTROs and authority approval We submit to the local highway authority and manage the process end to end — permits, Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders, notices and conditions — and confirm approval in writing. 4. Step 4 ### Programming and resourcing Crews, signals, signage and barriers are allocated from our fleet of around 150 vehicles and team of around 300, and booked to the dates you have been given. 5. Step 5 ### Installation by our own crews Carded and ticketed operatives working under our supervision install to the approved drawing, with the arrangement checked against the drawing before works start. 6. Step 6 ### Maintenance, phase changes and collection The scheme is inspected and maintained, damage and displacement dealt with including out of hours, phases changed as planned operations, and everything collected at completion. ## Standards we work to in the Midlands - Sector Scheme 12 — 12A, 12B, 12C & 12D - Chapter 8 (Traffic Signs Manual) - New Roads & Street Works Act (NRSWA) - Lantra/NRSWA cards, T1/T2/T3 tickets - £10m public liability & £10m employers' liability insurance ## Accreditations held - National Highway Sector Schemes - Constructionline Gold - BM Trada - CHAS - Acclaim - Achilles UVDB - Avetta - Builder's Profile - SafeContractor - ISO 9001 Certificates are issued for your pre-qualification pack on request. We work direct for end clients and as a subcontractor to principal contractors. Straight answers ## Traffic management in the Midlandsquestions we are asked Do you cover the Midlands? Yes, both East and West Midlands — Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Solihull, Walsall, Dudley and the Black Country, plus Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Northampton and the towns along the M1 and A5. How fast can you reach a Midlands site? The southern Midlands borders our Oxfordshire base, and the wider region is a routine coverage area resourced from around 300 staff and around 150 vehicles. Planned works are booked to your dates and approved window; emergency call-outs run 24 hours a day, seven days a week. How much does traffic management cost in the Midlands? It depends on the road type and speed limit, the arrangement required, the permitted working hours, the equipment on hire, the duration and the crew requirement, plus authority permit or TTRO fees. High-speed and night working carry more cost than a daytime residential scheme, so each is quoted in writing. Is emergency traffic management available in the Midlands? Yes, 24/7 rapid-response call-outs for burst mains, carriageway failures, collisions and damaged temporary traffic management on both urban and high-speed roads. Can you work on the M1, M6, M5 and M42? Yes. Motorway and dual carriageway schemes are delivered under Sector Scheme 12D registration by ticketed crews, in windows agreed with National Highways, with correct taper lengths, safety zones and advance signing. Can you work on urban ring roads and underpasses? Yes, and these need careful design because parallel diversion routes rarely exist. Lane arrangements, contraflows and tightly managed overnight windows are usually the workable answer, with the geometry checked before submission. Do you work nights in the Midlands? Frequently. Freight traffic keeps many corridors loaded overnight, so night schemes are planned as night shifts with lighting, conspicuity and enough operatives to install and remove inside the window. Can you handle long-term access for a distribution or logistics site? Yes — access geometry and sight lines, holding areas so HGVs wait on site rather than on the carriageway, pedestrian arrangements across the access, barriers, ground protection and marshalling where movements are constant. Do you deal with the councils and National Highways for us? Yes. Permits, Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders, notices and conditions are handled end to end with each relevant authority, and approval is confirmed in writing before you mobilise. What accreditations and insurance do you hold? Sector Scheme 12 registration across 12A to 12D, Chapter 8 and NRSWA compliance, Constructionline, BM Trada, CHAS, Acclaim, Achilles UVDB, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with £10 million public liability and £10 million employers' liability. ## Nearby areas we also cover - ### [Traffic management in Oxfordshire](/service-areas/oxfordshire) Temporary traffic management in Oxfordshire from our county base: road and lane closures, traffic light hire, permits and TTROs with Oxfordshire County Council. 25 years, 24/7 cover, £10m insurance. - ### [Traffic management in the North](/service-areas/north) Traffic management across the North West and North East: Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Yorkshire and Cumbria. Closures, signals, permits, TTROs, 24/7 cover, £10m insurance. - ### [Traffic management in Wales](/service-areas/wales) Traffic management across North and South Wales: Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Wrexham and rural routes. Closures, convoy and stop-go, signals, permits and TTROs. 24/7 cover, £10m insurance. - ### [Traffic management in the South East](/service-areas/south-east) Traffic management across the South East and home counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire. Closures, signals, permits, TTROs, night works, 24/7 cover. ## Keep going See every [service area](/service-areas), browse [all traffic management services](/services), read [about the company](/about), return to the [homepage](/) or [contact the team](/contact). ## Motorway corridor or city ring road. Send us the scheme. Give us the road, the works and the window. You get a written estimate covering the design, the authority approval, the equipment and the 12D-ticketed crews where they are needed. 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