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WBHO WERE DETERMINED TO UNCOVER AN ALTERNATE OPTION THAT WOULD CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO AND STREAMLINE THE PROJECT .
tThe client
WBHO Infrastructure works with clients and partners to deliver exceptional project outcomes throughout Australia and globally . One such project was the Princess Freeway-Forsyth Road interchange , part of the Western Roads Upgrade initiative in Melbourne . This project required WBHO to widen an existing bridge over the Princess Freeway and duplicate a bridge over a major metropolitan railway line .
No easy task . Especially with the added complexities of two freeway exit ramps , a busy metro train service , an interface with a high-pressure pipeline , daily traffic volume exceeding 100,000 vehicles and densely populated suburbs to the north and south of the worksite .
The challenge required to demonstrate an effective and workable detour plan , that minimized disruption to customers and diverted them to the best route / s . All while communicating this in real time to road users .
The solution
WBHO approached Mooven to help solve their traffic management and community messaging problems .
With the volume of traffic they were dealing with , and the knowledge that moving that traffic to a detour would cause significant congestion , a solution was created where multiple detour routes were developed . The plan then was to dynamically direct traffic down different routes depending on the driver location and the actual conditions being seen on these detours – thereby limiting any excessive impact that may occur .
A job of this magnitude and location would require reducing traffic to just a single lane for 10 weeks . This generates a significant impact on customers ’ journeys , making excessive delays and greatly reducing safety for workers on site . But being required to allow traffic through seemed a necessity based on current allowances .
Just putting this on paper already anticipated an exhausting task laced with public complaints . So WBHO were determined to uncover an alternate option that would challenge the status quo and streamline the project – all while producing a more favorable outcome for everyone .
All indicators pointed to one best option , instead of closing a single lane , they would close the full site and half the expected project to just five weeks . There was a large caveat for this to be successful – WBHO was
This required not only real-time route monitoring , but the ability to automatically direct customers down the quickest detour as conditions changed throughout morning and evening peaks .
Laying the groundwork
To help prove the effectiveness of the detour plan and ensure there were no issues in running the boards , Mooven set up 17 baseline routes . This would monitor the current site , potential detours and the surrounding network .
With no monitoring hardware needed , this process costs a fraction of comparable , hardware-based solutions and allowed for a rapid launch and for WBHO to iterate and improve the design . All 17 routes were set up and being monitored within two hours of the order to proceed .
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