Need speed humps in Durban? Bollards.co.za puts estates, businesses, municipalities and contractors in Durban in touch with speed hump and road marking contractors serving Durban and nearby areas of KwaZulu-Natal. Send one request and you receive quotes directly, free and with no obligation.
Speed Humps in Durban
Looking for speed humps in Durban? Say whether the road is inside an estate, complex, school or car park, give the width at each hump and the surface, and mention any approval you have, so traffic safety contractors serving Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, can quote the humps and markings.
The main speed humps page explains the types, the fixing and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Durban
Sandy ground near the beach often needs a wider, deeper footing than the same post would need on the clay of the upper Berea. Expect a municipal wayleave for any work on a public sidewalk, and ask the installer to scan for cables under old paving on Umgeni Road and in the CBD. Boom gates at depots in Mobeni and Jacobs work hard, so service plans matter, and road works on the M4 and N2 keep cone and jersey barrier hire busy.
Who protects what in Durban
Along the beachfront promenade from the Point to the Umgeni River mouth, bollards do two jobs at once: they keep cars off a walkway packed with joggers and holiday crowds, and they have to survive spray that comes over the sea wall on windy days. Inland, the picture changes to the harbour and the south basin, where container trucks turn into depots in Jacobs, Mobeni and Prospecton and clip every gatepost and kerb in reach. Warwick Junction and the CBD add taxi ranks, busy sidewalks and shopfronts that need protection from smash and grabs. Steel fabricators and precast yards work mostly from the south basin and the industrial roads off the N2, and most quotes for the metro come from there.
Typical speed humps requests in the area come from:
- Warehouses, factories and depots: bumps through a yard where trucks, forklifts and walkways cross
- Municipalities and public spaces: traffic calming on a residential street after a resident request and assessment
- Shops, malls and petrol stations: speed bumps through a shopping centre car park and past the trolley bays
Local tips for Durban
Asked for most in Durban: marine grade beachfront posts, truck protection at depots, shopfront bollards. Where the installers and yards are: jacobs, Mobeni and Prospecton, Springfield Park, Umgeni Road and the N2 corridor. A useful tip: ask whether the steel is 316 stainless or galvanised, and how it is sealed against spray.
Sizes vary: full road width, kerb to kerb. Here, warehouses, factories and depots lead the requests, typically for bumps through a yard where trucks, forklifts and walkways cross. One local point to raise: crane trucks run from the south basin to most of the metro within a day.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Requests from Durban go to suppliers and installers that already serve Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea and the rest of the area. Say whether you need supply only or supply and install, and whether a site visit suits you.