Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway

2013/4/25

Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway, an elevated section with 40km in length along the National Expressway No. 1 in northern Taiwan, and has been opened on April 20th 2013. The total budget of the project was approx. 2.94 billion US dollars. Over the years, the elevated expressway developed to the most important transportation infrastructure in Taiwan. After opening to motorists, the expressway much improved the current operation of Taoyuan Interchange of National Freeway No.1 to alleviate the traffic congestion.
Seih-Ying’s Siglite 360 degree tempered glass road marking reflector (with over 60 tons of compressive load), has been installed on the north section (between Wugu toLinkuo) and on the central section (between Linkuo to Zhongli) of the expressway. And Seih-Ying provides 5 years quality guarantee. Siglite complies with the Chinese National Standard CNS13762, and has also passed the CE certificate valid in EU. The use with big trucks is forbidden on this expressway. As a result of this restriction we expect the service life will be over 10 years.
The highlighted advantages of Siglite 360 degree tempered glass road marking reflectors used on Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway are the following:

1. Safety:
- Provides a GOOD DELINEATION to the car driver resulting in a MUCH SAFER DRIVING ENVIRONMENT. (There is no streetlamp in part section of Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway)
-The deficiency of thermoplastic road marking lines PROVIDING no reflection during rainy nights is remedied.
- Avoids accidents risks while replacing the traditional raised pavement markers which are peeled off from the road surface. (The consequences are unimaginable if a car accident would occurr and tumble over to the main lane of National Freeway No.1)

2. Economy:
- Long service life and significantly reduced cost AVOIDING the replacing of large numbers of traditional raised pavement markers.
- Dust doesn’t accumulate on the product surface and as a result no cleaning maintenance is required.

3. Conserving Energy:
- The extreme low repair frequency of Siglite reduces the social cost of traffic jams (i.e. time & petrol consumption and CO2 emission) caused by waiting time during marker replacements.

4. Environment protection: The main ingredient of Siglite is SiO2, which is a natural substance causing no environment pollution.

5. High-technology: DESPITE NOT REQUIRING POWER AND ENERGY TO PROVIDE A GOOD NIGHTTIME SIGNAL, Siglite PROVIDES safety and comfortable road guidance AT VERY REASONABLE COST