Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS .t1-;U; /1.-

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Manila

DEPARTMENT ORDER ) SUBJECT GUIDELINES ON THE

) IMPLEMENTATION OF
PEDESTRIAN REFUGE
No. 34
Series of 2012 ~t>t-~f'1J.
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ISLAND ALONG
NATIONAL ROADS

In order to provide additional safety measures for pedestrians crossing the national road 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 traffic
clears. Henceforth, the following guidelines on the proper location and installation of
pedestrian refuge island in conjunction with the pedestrian crossing markings are hereby
prescribed:

1. Pedestrian refuge island shall be provided in roadways having clear carriageway

width of at least 4 lanes.

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 intersection.

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
highway 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 overpass
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 ISLA NO
SHAll BE SEMI-CIRCULAR IN SHAPE
2. REFER TO D.O. 37,S. 2009 FOR DETAILS OF RAMP F ORPWD.
3. ROAD SIGNS INSTALLATION AND PAVEMENT MARKI NGS lAYOUT
I SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ROAD SIGNS AND PAVEMENT
MARKINGS MANUAl,2012.
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PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLAND AT ROAD INTERSECTION

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EDGE LINE

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EDGE LINE

SHOULDER I SIDEWALK

1.50m

RAMP FOR PWD

NOTE:
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
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O.10m GRANULAR BEDDING

O.10m CONCRETRE SLAB

ROADWAY LEVEL
0.20m" ROADWAY LEVEL

CONCRETE CURB

DETAILS OF SECTION "8 - 8"

3000m 3000m
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(PEDESTRIAN REFUGE) (PEDESTRIAN REFUGE)
ISLAND ISLAND

ROADWAY LEVEL
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ROADWAY LEVEL

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ROAD INTERSECTION
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ROADWAY LEVEL ROADWAY LEVEL

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DETAILS OF SECTION "B - B"

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(PEDESTRIAN REFUGE) (PEDESTRIAN REFUGE)
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ROADWAY LEVEL
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ROAD SIGN

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SHOULDER I SIDEWALK

RAMP FOR PWD

1.50m
ROAD SIGN
(PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AHEAD)
NOTE:
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