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Thiruvananthapuram: The city roads will soon have a better look. In a first-of-its kind initiative on public roads in the state, the Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL), concessionaire of the City Roads Improvement Programme (Crip) has decided to mark bus stops and pedestrian crossings with coloured bitumen. On a trial basis, red coloured bitumen paint will be used to mark the Kowdiar Narmada bus stop on Sunday.
Coloured bitumen is used in big cities like Mumbai to identify cycling tracks. TRDCL sources said it is for the first time that coloured bitumen is used to mark bus bays and zebra lines on public roads in India.
“ Coloured pedestrian crossings and bus stops will catch the attention of people easily. The coloured bitumen is successfully used in foreign countries,” TRDCL vice-president Anil Kumar Pandala said. The imported paint cost Rs 1,500 per sq metre.
The TRDCL will be experimenting with four colours of imported asphalt paint such as red, blue, yellow and green. Red colour is commonly used to identify bus stops, while yellow and green are used at pedestrian crossings. “The bitumen component in the paint gives the adhesive effect. That makes it long lasting,” Pandala said.
Once painted, it should be kept out of reach of vehicles for about 24 hours to get it fixed. Another 12 hours are required to fix the second coating. The TRDCL will check the technical and application difficulties of the work. “We first do the trail at Narmada bus stop. It was planned on Saturday, but postponed due to unexpected rain,” he said.
“The paint is expensive. But we want to do something which people like. We did some additional things under Crip such as construction of rose garden, beautification of traffic islands, renovation of Rama Rao lamp, etc. We are now planning to renovate the War Memorial at Palayam,” he added.
The proposal to use coloured bitumen was suggested some months ago. However, TRDCL was waiting to get the report of economic viability of the plan. The paints were imported from TRDCL’s parent company in Spain.
Coloured bitumen will be used to mark bus bays and zebra crossings
Borders of the bus bays in city roads will be painted with red bitumen while the surface inside where the bus parks will remain black. There will be borders with 15-metre length on three sides and the 30-metre long road will be the fourth side of the bus bay
On zebra crossings, the reflective white lines will remain the same while the black stripes in between will be replaced with Yellow or Green bitumen paint. The width of the white stripes will be 0.50 metre and that of the coloured stripes in between will be 0.15 metre.
Thiruvananthapuram: The city roads will soon have a better look. In a first-of-its kind initiative on public roads in the state, the Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL), concessionaire of the City Roads Improvement Programme (Crip) has decided to mark bus stops and pedestrian crossings with coloured bitumen. On a trial basis, red coloured bitumen paint will be used to mark the Kowdiar Narmada bus stop on Sunday.
Coloured bitumen is used in big cities like Mumbai to identify cycling tracks. TRDCL sources said it is for the first time that coloured bitumen is used to mark bus bays and zebra lines on public roads in India.
“ Coloured pedestrian crossings and bus stops will catch the attention of people easily. The coloured bitumen is successfully used in foreign countries,” TRDCL vice-president Anil Kumar Pandala said. The imported paint cost Rs 1,500 per sq metre.
The TRDCL will be experimenting with four colours of imported asphalt paint such as red, blue, yellow and green. Red colour is commonly used to identify bus stops, while yellow and green are used at pedestrian crossings. “The bitumen component in the paint gives the adhesive effect. That makes it long lasting,” Pandala said.
Once painted, it should be kept out of reach of vehicles for about 24 hours to get it fixed. Another 12 hours are required to fix the second coating. The TRDCL will check the technical and application difficulties of the work. “We first do the trail at Narmada bus stop. It was planned on Saturday, but postponed due to unexpected rain,” he said.
“The paint is expensive. But we want to do something which people like. We did some additional things under Crip such as construction of rose garden, beautification of traffic islands, renovation of Rama Rao lamp, etc. We are now planning to renovate the War Memorial at Palayam,” he added.
The proposal to use coloured bitumen was suggested some months ago. However, TRDCL was waiting to get the report of economic viability of the plan. The paints were imported from TRDCL’s parent company in Spain.
Coloured bitumen will be used to mark bus bays and zebra crossings
Borders of the bus bays in city roads will be painted with red bitumen while the surface inside where the bus parks will remain black. There will be borders with 15-metre length on three sides and the 30-metre long road will be the fourth side of the bus bay
On zebra crossings, the reflective white lines will remain the same while the black stripes in between will be replaced with Yellow or Green bitumen paint. The width of the white stripes will be 0.50 metre and that of the coloured stripes in between will be 0.15 metre.
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