Urban redevelopment project with protective colored coating for asphalt
LOCATION: Borgo Marino Sud neighborhood, Villaggio Alcyone and Piazza IV Novembre - Pescara
CLIENT: City of Pescara
COMPANY: PCM COSTRUZIONI S.R.L.
TYPE OF INTERVENTION: Urban redevelopment project with protective colored coating for asphalt
The redevelopment project in Pescara concerns the entire stretch of the coast of about 330 meters; the one implemented in this lot covers 150 meters, starting from the bridge over the Vallelunga.
The redevelopment is aimed at providing citizens with a different usability of the area, overcoming the limitation of direct access to the natural environment, and at the same time finding a solution that covers and protects the asphalt.
In the sidewalk area, the basins were eliminated and a pedestrian strip wider than 2 meters was created. Alongside it, the redevelopment of the two-way cycle path was planned.
For the asphalt resin coating, BITUMFLEX COLOR was chosen, a product based on acrylic resin in a single-component, neutral and water-soluble water emulsion, based on acrylic polymers, for its twofold advantage. Firstly, it serves to delimit the two areas of use thanks to the different colors agreed with the Superintendency. The colors of the resin coatings were chosen in beige, ochre and sand tones for the pedestrian path, in contrast with the cycle path in Siena color. All the color variations integrate well with the surrounding natural and marine environment.
The second advantage of the product is that it offers high resistance to abrasion and wear, reducing the disintegration, breakage and swelling of the bituminous product. BITUMFLEX COLOR also has a strong resistance to skidding. The application was carried out quickly and with extreme ease using a roller.
This intervention has improved not only the aesthetics of the pedestrian and cycle area, optimizing traffic, but has also increased the duration of the redeveloped bituminous area.
