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MOUNTABLE KERB [1 record]

Record 1 2000-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
  • Road Safety
  • Urban Planning
  • Road Design
DEF

A curb of various shapes especially designed to allow the free passage of vehicles.

CONT

While traffic circles are designed to allow fire trucks to pass by them, they are constructed with a two foot wide mountable curb that allows fire trucks or larger vehicles, such as moving vans, to run over the curb without damaging the vehicle or the circle.

OBS

Specific designs are mainly: rolled curb, tapered curb and flush curb.

Key term(s)
  • mountable kerb

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
  • Sécurité routière
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Conception des voies de circulation
DEF

Bordure de diverses formes (arrondies, chanfreinées, arasées, etc.) permettant le passage des véhicules tout en limitant leur vitesse.

CONT

Le Conseil communal, décide, à l'unanimité des membres présents, de charger le Collège échevinal d'acquérir et de faire procéder à la pose de bordures franchissables quart de rond en recyclage caoutchouc ainsi qu'une balise sans éclairage dans le cadre de l'aménagement sécurité de différentes voiries communales.

CONT

SEPARA, bordure franchissable, séparateur discontinu de chaussée.

Spanish

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