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Pedestrian Crossings: Visual Impairment

Commons · Question 76078 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received any recent representations from (a) individual and (b) organisations on the standard of maintenance of (i) tactile cones and (ii) other pedestrian crossing aids for blind and visually s

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 16 Sep 2025

The Department has not received any such representations. The provision and maintenance of tactile cones and other pedestrian crossing aids are matters for local authorities. Local authorities have a duty under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to prov...