THE PROBLEM - structural
- Brick & Block Paving
- Traditional block paving unsuited to today’s heavy traffic flows. Bricks & blocks work loose causing safety hazard and high maintenance costs.
- HGV’s and Buses can work loose bricks and blocks with skewing action of tyres.
- Trench reinstatements undermine the future stability and integrity of the block pavement.
- Coloured Surfacing
- So common that message is unclear to drivers
- Thin finish which quickly wears off
- Can be aesthetically unpleasing
- Does not delineate pedestrian priorities
- No long term speed reduction history
- Asphalt Humps
- Not visually prominent
- Disliked by the public
- Variable profiles
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THE PROBLEM - Environmental
- Unsightly finish of part worn coloured surfacing
- Need to reduce pedestrian casualties and vehicle speeds
- Need to discourage rat-running in residential areas
THE PROBLEM - Financial
- Claims for damage from loose bricks & blocks
- Re-application costs of worn coloured surfacing
- Cost of replacing surfacing whose integrity has been damaged by trench reinstatements
THE PROBLEM - Legal
- Claims for damage from loose bricks & blocks eliminated
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