Improve Public Safety with Pedestrian Guardrails

When trying to improve public road safety it is important to ensure you only use top quality materials. Alpha Rail has almost 25 years of experience working with local authorities and contractors to improve safety for both pedestrians and drivers. They offer a variety of top quality pedestrian guardrails and work with their customers to provide a high level of customer service. Furthermore, all Alpha Rails guardrails are manufactured according to the requirements of the industry standards.

Pedestrian guardrails are used in areas where there are a large amount of pedestrians such as road crossings and public parks. They are especially necessary for the protection of areas used by children, such as playgrounds and schools.

The purpose of a guardrail is to guide pedestrians to a safe crossing point and one of Alpha Rails most popular styles, used for this purpose, is the traditional unit panel design. This design comes in two styles either full height or with a sight gap to improve visibility.

There are, however, some areas where higher visibility is needed, as traditional guardrails can, at certain angles, obscure the ability of the driver to spot small children or animals. Alpha Rail offers Optirail, the high visibility guardrail as a solution to this problem. In this design, the infill bars are positioned at a certain angle so as to improve the visibility for drivers minimising the risk at crossing points.

For city centre locations or areas where aesthetics are also important, Alpha Rail has a range of decorative pedestrian guardrails. Special features can be added to the traditional guardrail such as decorative posts, rings and finials. Custom designs can also be produced to fit in with a theme or to improve the appearance of run down areas.

The variety and versatility of Alpha Rails range of guardrails make them suitable for a variety locations, from high traffic road sides to prestigious central locations. Their attractive, stylish and most importantly secure and safe features make Alpha Rail the first choice for many local authorities and contractors.