Road works impact management: an overview

For roadworks, nuisance is often inevitable, but with a well-considered approach, their impact can be greatly reduced. Under the concept of Road works impact management, we look for ways to prevent, reduce, or, where necessary, compensate for traffic nuisance as much as possible.

Avoiding nuisance is paramount. By carefully planning and coordinating work, we ensure that it can be carried out with minimal inconvenience. When complete nuisance avoidance is not feasible, we take measures to reduce the impact. These include setting up smart diversions, clear signs, and clear communication to all parties involved. If even that is not enough, we deploy remedial actions, such as temporary infrastructure or offering alternative transport options.

Nuisance abatement always requires customisation. No two projects are the same, which is why we tailor our measures to the specific circumstances and the nature of the nuisance. Clear communication is essential here: by informing road users and local residents well and in good time, we make disruption predictable and increase understanding and acceptance.

For the works at the locations listed below, we contributed to a targeted road works impact management:

• Works on the Ring Road (R0 in Brussels):
  • The airport tram (24057)
  • The ring motorway R0 (23094)
  • The R0xA201 traffic complex in Zaventem (20113)
  • Vilvoorde viaduct (20001 and 21004)
  • Avenue Henneau (20001)
• The F203 cycle highway between Bertem and Brussels (22074)
• The intersection Singel-Grotesteenweg (N1) in Berchem (21071)
• Noorderlijn (the ‘knip of the Leien’ in Antwerp) (13.05, 14063, and 15043)
• The Verapaz bridge in Ghent (19004)
• The bridges over the Albert Canal (15078, 17010, 17032 and 18050)
• The tangent in Mechelen (16078)