Infrastructure Improvement Award: To Florida Department of Transportation for Qwick Kurb
The Florida Department of Transportation’s District 7 Traffic Operations Safety Office developed a rapid deployment safety program to utilize Qwick Kurb to directionalize or close full median openings in lieu of conventional roadway construction. Qwick Kurb allows for fast deployment of the system at high crash locations where it is determined immediate action will greatly reduce crashes.
From March 2007 to September 2007, the system has been implemented at sixteen full median opening project locations. Its cost effectiveness and construction time savings have been remarkable. For an estimated cost of $15,000 per location, it has been calculated that the installation has resulted in eight crash reductions per year per location, with an associated net construction cost savings of approximately $125,000 per location. Using this system has reduced the construction time to address safety issues from a typical 30-month process to just two weeks!
The Qwick Kurb system can also be easily deployed by other Districts and local agencies to reduce crashes in their jurisdictions as well.
For more information, contact:
Peter Hsu, P.E.
Florida Department of Transportation
Telephone: 813-975-6251
Email: ping.hsu@dot.state.fl.us
Rev. 10/30/07