Users of the A55 North Wales Expressway will be the first in Wales to benefit from a dedicated traffic officer service.
A trial of the new A55 Traffic Officer Service was announced by the deputy first minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones, at the official opening of the new £2.1M North Wales Traffic Management Centre, at the Morfa, near Conwy.
Mr Jones said the new arrangements would radically improve how the road was policed and could eventually be rolled out across Wales’ major roads.
‘I am confident the new system will help cut the time it takes to respond to incidents on this key arterial link,’ he said.
Each of the yellow and black Battenberg-marked vehicles will be fitted with amber and red lights, and traffic officers working in the vehicles will have the powers of a police constable to stop, control and direct traffic. The vehicles’ role is to provide reassurance and promote public safety, and the police will continue to attend and lead emergency situations or incidents which might involve criminal investigation.
The Traffic Management Centre, which has been fully functional since February 2009, provides a home for Traffic Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government’s traffic information service.
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