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15 Feb 2005  -  Malaysia

Reinforced plastic rail guards on trial


The Public Works Department is experimenting with a new fibre-reinforced plastic guard rail in a pilot project being carried out on several new federal roads in Kelantan.

The move is to put an end to the theft of metal guard rails for sale to either scrap metal dealers or contractors installing guard rails along roads.

Explaining the trial project, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said:

"Many things (safety aspects, durability) have to be ascertained before commissioning it to be used along federal roads and highways, if needs be."

Samy Vellu said a PWD engineer in Kota Baru designed the reinforced plastic guard rail.

Malaysian Highway Authority director-general Datuk Dr George George said he was not aware that plastic guard rails were being tried out.

"Probably it is in its early stage. Usually PWD and MHA work together in developing new safety gadgets for roads. But I have not heard of the fibre-reinforced plastic guard rail."

He, however, acknowledged that it was possible to use fibre-reinforced plastic for guard rails. "Technology has changed tremendously and these chemically-engineered products could be stronger than the metal rail guard."

Dr George said highway concessionaires were increasingly using fibre glass sign boards. "This is also due to theft, presumably by drug addicts or syndicates."

Dr George said that while fibre glass sign boards do not last as long as metal sign boards, they do deter theft.

Theft of metal equipment has been rising in tandem with the rising price of scrap metal in the world market.

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