M6 work lights up orders for Maxmax
More than 15 miles of roadworks on the M6 are being lit up using an innovative lighting system developed by a West Midlands firm.
Maxmax, which has manufacturing and distribution operations in Dudley and Telford, has supplied its LinkLite temporary lighting system for motorway maintenance work that is currently taking place between junctions 13 and 15 of the M6.
The undisclosed deals means about 1,000 lights being installed by contractors overseeing the managed motorway scheme on the M6, which will see the hard shoulder opened up to traffic as an additional lane.
The LinkLite system was developed by Maxmax, following feedback from customers such as Balfour Beatty and Amey, requiring similar lighting solutions in the rail industry.
It comprises a head, stand and basket or spike which allows a 3Kva generator which can power up to 270 linear metres of lighting, thereby providing a safe, space-saving and economic method of illumination.
The system has been used in demanding construction, maintenance and railway operations, but this is the first time it has been utilised for motorway work.
Bam Nuttall and McCann Construction are among the contractors to opt for it.
Shaun Redfern, operations director of Maxmax, said the success of LinkLite has helped bolster the firm’s sales in a difficult economic environment.
“We have secured orders well into six figures and the system is likely to be used on a further 12 kilometres of works,” said Mr Redfern.
“We hold substantial stocks of all products and spares to ensure fast delivery and prevention of delays for our clients which is paramount in a motorway project of this kind when any supply problems would cause extended inconvenience to the motoring public,” he added.
“We are proud to be supplying the lighting requirements for such an important project and are excited at this breakthrough into the motorway maintenance sector.”
Work to expand the M6 through Staffordshire is part of wider plans to bring in Active Traffic Management to improve the congestion on motorways.
