This video takes you through our modular Rubber Traffic Islands.
This system is made from recycled rubber as an alternative to traditional concrete and where rubber is typically used is where you need fast installation because of the bolt down method, which reduces your temporary traffic management costs. It’s a great option for projects where you may want to trial or test a new road layout before upgrading to permanent. This is because once the trial is finished, you can remove the bolts easily and relocate the islands to another location.
These islands are used in a range of applications including:
- curb build outs
- traffic islands
- lane separation
- cycleway separation.
If you’re only needing a narrow lane divider, you may want to check out our Rubber Cycleway Islands, which are only half a meter wide. Whereas the rubber traffic island, with its modular design, allows you to build larger traffic islands to suit your project.
We often see this system also used in temporary traffic management applications. For example, where contractors may need to provide temporary pedestrian refuge islands as a safe crossing point during construction works. The system is made up of three main components. So we have an edge module here and then a corner module, and we also have a centre module or an internal module for larger build outs. And these parts all allow you to build different shape islands depending on what project you’re working on.
Each component is five hundred millimetres wide and five hundred millimetres long, and we are able to custom make these islands in some situations, but this is typically only to form a right angle triangle. If you’re in to create custom shaped traffic islands, you’d be best to check out our Modular Rubber Kerbing, which allows you to build specific shapes. Where this system is best suited is for rectangular shapes because you can use the modules as they are without needing to do additional cutting work.
The edge modules and the corner modules are supplied with 3-M reflective coating on the edges, and this provides great visibility at nighttime and helps vehicles to see the islands as they approach. It also removes the need for any additional coatings to be applied once you’ve installed.
Each module is supplied with a steel connector, four screw and ground plug sets and four rubber caps to fill the fixing hole and the steel connectors help to tie each module together which provides strength on the installation.
If you’re working on a project where you want to use some form of rubber traffic island, feel free to send your plans and ideas to us to review, and we can help you design and select the right island to use. Otherwise, if you have any questions about the product, our team are always here to assist.
