Gimhae-si Enhances Traffic Safety by Standardizing Speed Bumps

Patent Application for Job-Invented Standardized Mobile Formwork Development

Speed bumps are being installed using standard specification speed bump molds developed in Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam. (Photo by Gimhae-si)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province announced on the 31st that it has independently developed a standardized movable formwork for speed bumps and filed a patent for a job invention.

According to the guidelines for the installation and management of road safety facilities, the specifications for speed bumps require a length of 3.6m and a maximum height of 10cm following a parabolic curve when the road width is 6m or more. However, installation has mainly relied on the experience and estimation of constructors, resulting in many cases where the bumps did not meet the standard specifications and instead caused inconvenience to traffic.

By installing standardized speed bumps easily using the newly developed formwork, budget waste due to reinstallation will be eliminated and traffic safety will be secured.

Additionally, it is expected to have various positive effects such as reducing citizen inconvenience by shortening construction time.

A city official stated, “The speed bumps installed using the standard frame have not caused any inconvenience complaints and their speed reduction effect has been proven. Going forward, we plan to use the formwork not only for new speed bump installations but also to improve existing ones that do not meet the standards.”

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