Guidance change ‘could lead to proliferation of tactile paving’

STREET DESIGN

Andrew Forster
04 September 2015
Tactile: will no longer have to be red at traffic signals
Tactile: will no longer have to be red at traffic signals

 

A proliferation of tactile paving could be implemented on streets if councils strictly adhere to new draft guidance from the DfT, a street designer warned this week. 

The DfT’s consultation document says tactile paving should be used to demarcate the boundary of carriageway and footway wherever there is no level change between carriageway and footway, or a level change of less than 60mm.

In these circumstances, the Department says the boundary between footway and carriageway should...

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