PolyPad® tactile warning indicators by CTA Australia 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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