CTA Australia PolyPad® tactile indicator upgrade for Frankston bus stops
Frankston City is the activity centre of the Mornington Peninsula and
south east Melbourne growth corridor. This growing, vibrant community attracts local
residents and visitors to its large shopping precinct, educational facilities, health
services, and recreational amenities.
Local council clearly understands that in order to comply with the Disability
Discrimination Act (1992), they must ensure all persons, including those with disabilities,
have safe and independent access to all the facilities within the municipality. As such,
they have recently moved to upgrade a number of their bus stops with the help of CTA
Australia. This partnership has seen bus stops throughout the beachside community improved
with CTA's unique, 600x900mm, retrofit PolyPad® tactile warning indicators.
Safety at bus stops along the busy Nepean Hwy has been enhanced with bright, highly visible,
Yellow PolyPad®, while stops at the Frankston Transit Interchange feature the PolyPad® in
Ivory colour. These PolyPad® meet the 30% luminance contrast and dimensional requirements
of the Australian Standard: Design for Access and Mobility - AS1428.4:2002. They also
achieve a safety rating of R11 as tested by the CSIRO. Vision impaired residents of and
visitors to Frankston City will now be able to find their way with dignity by using these
safe and effective visual and tactile cues.
CTA PolyPad® products are made from a blend of premium polymeric materials and are tested in
Australia to ensure they withstand our harsh conditions. The flexibility of the product allows
it to curve to the contours of any substrate, thereby lessening the environmental impact and
overall cost of installation.
Easy and quick to install, the edges of the PolyPad® used in Frankston City have been beaded
to eliminate any possible chance of lifting after bonding to the concrete and bitumen substrates.
At the same time, the unique 600x900mm size reduces the number of joins required, and thereby
provides a smoother, cleaner appearance. Moisture ingress is also greatly reduced, making product
failure virtually impossible. The durability of CTA's PolyPad® will be an asset for the seaside
community, where extremes in weather and UV light would test a lesser product.
For further information contact:
CTA Australia Pty Ltd
Phone: 03 9334 2....
Fax: 03 9334 2....
Web: www.cobbletac.com
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