The Road-Pod® is a sustainable precast concrete modular system for use as traffic and pedestrian refuge islands.
It offers a cost effective off-site sustainable solution with significant savings on cost, installation time and reduces road closure times. This also means a reduction of site time spent in endangering and the enhancement of pedestrian safety. The system can also be used as a temporary, easily removable island.
Reduced installation times
A typical unit can be installed over a period of 3-8 hours, with minimum traffic management, compared to 2-3 days with traditional on-site methods using kerbs, in-situ concrete and asphalt.
Range of sizes available
The Road-Pod system is available in a range of sizes and there are five types of arrangement, from 1.2 m to 1.8 m in width and a number of island combinations. Other widths are available on a made to order basis.
The units come complete with provision for illuminated, reflective or solar powered type bollards, high level and solar powered columns, cast-in tactile surfaces and lifting points for ease of fitting. The weight ranges from 382 kg to 1.93 tonnes.
Applications
- Road crossings
- Traffic junctions
- Traffic calming
- School crossings
- Speed restrictions
- Housing estates
- Town centres
- Road signage and traffic directions
- Traffic separation
Sustainable solutions
The Highways Agency’s ‘smarter choices’ scheme, promoting sustainable travel, looks
at methods of reducing congestion on our roads. The ease and speed of installation of Road-Pod dramatically cuts road closure times, meaning that congestion and the increased CO2 production of stopping and starting traffic is greatly reduced.
The Road-Pod is also reusable at the end of its life. It can be repositioned should there be any changes to the road structure or traffic flow.
Download the Road Pod® brochure