Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 76078

Pedestrian Crossings: Visual Impairment

Tabled: 9 September 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Mr 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

Simon Lightwood

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...

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