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Construction starts this year on KMC Army installation gates to improve traffic flow and pass control.
“We are going to reconfigure all of our access control points in Kaiserslautern, and the gates are designed to positively control vehicles until they are identified,” said Jeff Crisp, plans and operations officer, 415th Base Support Battalion. “If feasible, main gates will have two lanes for incoming traffic and one lane for outgoing traffic. They will also have the ability to turn traffic around.”
All gates were designed or are in the design phase. Most are funded and some contracts are awarded and will be done this year, according to Mr. Crisp. Kleber Kaserne Gate 3 is the only one completed, and Kleber Gate 4 is currently under construction and scheduled to be done by the end of February.
Other access control points scheduled to be completed this year are Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Gate 3, Kirchberg Gate, Panzer Kaserne gates 1 and 2, Weilerbach Storage Area Gate, General Support Center Europe Gate and all three gates on Pulaski Barracks.
Redesigning Pulaski gates starts this month in various phases. The Chapel Gate will be redone first because it was closed and working on it won’t interrupt traffic flow. Once the gate is opened for incoming traffic, construction on gates 11 and 3, the exit by the Vogelweh Shoppette, will be done together in phases and with consideration for incoming and outgoing traffic to Vogelweh Annex, as well as to Pulaski.
“We are currently working with the Air Force on how traffic will flow in and out of Vogelweh once construction begins,” said Mr. Crisp.
The rest of the Army installation gates will also be redone, but just not this year, according to Mr. Crisp. These gates are Rhine Ordnance Barracks gates 1 and 2, all three gates on Miesau Army Depot, Pirmasens Gate, Daenner Kaserne Gate and LRMC Gate 2.
A visitors’ center will be installed at high-traffic gates, such as Pulaski Gate 11, GSCE Gate, Pirmasens Gate, ROB Gate 1 and LRMC Gate 3. The visitors’ center on Miesau will be renovated with Gate 1. All Army installations will have at least one large-vehicle search area and a turn-around area for trucks and vehicles without proper identification.
“That’s what we call positive control,” said Mr. Crisp. “We can say you are not coming in, turn it around and go back out.”
