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Traffic Channelizers
How much does a traffic channelizer cost? What do traffic channelizers look like? What are other names for traffic channelizers? This post is going to try and answer those questions. A traffic channelizer can cost as much as $50, depending on the density of the plastic and the grade of the reflective tape.
There are many different names for these, traffic barrels, traffic channelizers, traffic drums, construction drums, orange drums, superdome drums, construction barrel, it never ends. And to find out what they look like, just take a look at the picture I posted. Traffic channelizers are common for informing oncoming traffic that there is construction nearby.
Traffic Channelizers – Explained
This post doesn’t describe each type or brand of traffic channelizer out there, but gives information about the different options in the industry. These traffic channelizers can be found on the highway, sometimes with blinking barricade lights on the top. The basic term traffic channelizer can mean any traffic safety product that “channelizes” traffic, but for the purpose of this post we are sticking with the orange traffic drums.
Before picking your traffic channelizer, try and find out your country’s or state’s regulations as far as reflective tape size/quality. Reflective tape can come in 4″ or 6″ bands, and it can be EG (engineer grade), HI (Hi-Intensity grade), or DG (diamond grade). Different brands have different heights, but the average is around 40″ tall. Same goes for the diameter of the base of the drum.