Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS -O\f ....t1-;U; /1.- OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Manila

DEPARTMENT ORDER ) SUBJECT GUIDELINES ON THE ) IMPLEMENTATION OF REFUGE No. 34 ~ ISLAND ALONG Series of 2012 ~t>t-~f'1J. ) NATIONAL

In order to provide additional safety measures for crossing the national and as a suppletory to D.O. No. 62, series of 2011, pedestrian refuge island shall be provided along the center of the carriageway where pedestrians may safely wait until vehicular clears. Henceforth, the following guidelines on the proper location and installation of pedestrian refuge island in conjunction with the markings are hereby prescribed:

1. Pedestrian refuge island shall be provided in roadways having clear carriageway width of at least 4 .

2. The island shall be installed at the following locations where there are concentration of pedestrians:

2.1 In front of school, church, market and other areas for public use. 2.2 At approaches of unsignalized .

3. The island shall have a minimum width of 1.50 meters and total length of 30.0 meters, (Figures 1 and 2).

4. Minimum distance between two consecutive pedestrian refuge island along the shall not be less than 500 meters.

5. At-grade crosswalk passage shall be provided for the entire width of refuge island having width of less than 5.0 meters in order to provide convenient accessibility for Persons With Disabilities (PWD), (Figures 3 and 4). For refuge island having width of more than 5.0 meters, ramp for PWD shall be provided.

6. All approach nosing of pedestrian refuge island shall be provided with arrow sign, pedestrian crossing warning signs and pavement markings, (Figure 5).

7. For roads having carriageway width of six (6) lanes or more, pedestrian structure shall be provided instead of at-grade crosswalk.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

GELIO L. SINGSON ecretary

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1. APPROACH NOSING OF PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLAND SHALL BE SEMI-CIRCULAR IN SHAPE 2. REFER TO D.O. 37,S. 2009 FOR DETAILS OF RAMP FOR PWD. 3. ROAD SIGNS INSTALLATION AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS LAYOU' rr SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ROAD SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS MANUAL,2012.

PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLAND AT MID-BLOCK FIGURE 2 1.50m

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, 0.20m" ROADWAY LEVEL ROADWAY LEVEL

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DETAILS OF SECTION "8 - 8"

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DETAILS OF SECTION "B - B"

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20.00m

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SHOULDER I SIDEWALK RAMP EDGE LINE

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20.00m 1. APPROACH NOSING OF PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLAND SHALL BE SEMI-CIRCULAR IN SHAPE 2. REFER TO DO. 37,S. 2009 FOR DETAILS OF RAMP FOR PWD. 3. ROAD SIGNS INSTALLATION AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS LAYOUT SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ROAD SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS MANUAL,2012.

PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLAND ROAD SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS FIGURE 5