Road maintenance is one of the most dangerous occupations in Europe. Despite stringent health & safety standards over 50% of UK road workers reported a near miss with a vehicle and a significant proportion of injuries or fatalities occur within designated safety areas. These safe zones are either protected by positive protection systems such as concrete barriers or soft barriers such as traffic cones. The latter are mainly used for temporary works. In such a scenario cones may be the only protection a road worker has from traffic. Due to the maturity of Europes road network and the rapid deterioration as a result of heavy traffic and weather conditions, temporary road work is increasing. In addition to concerns about safety, preparation of these temporary barriers is a major drain on resources. As a lot of roadwork is carried out at night, barriers are equipped with lanterns. These are typically powered by disposable batteries which only last a short period of time and have to be changed frequently. Safelane consortium member, Highway Resource Solutions has developed the award winning Intellicone technology which will form the basis for the Safelane developments. In Safelane, the consortium will develop a novel smart battery which can be charged in situ. This will enable major savings in terms of battery changes and reliability as well as potentially displacing millions of batteries currently going to land fill or recycling sites. In addition, Safelane will focus on full integration of the roadworker safety system within existing highway management and maintenance IT systems, enabling major cost savings and improve accuracy of operational and incident reporting.  ​