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Inappropriate signage warning of pedestrians crossing
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 4917482.
There are currently 'Pedestrians in the road' warning signs placed on both A413 approaches to highlight the fact that pedestrians may be crossing the road where the previous footpath was severed by the bypass. It may have been more appropriate to install Diagram 562 'Exclamation mark' warning signs with 'Pedestrians crossing' plates as these are more appropriate "where pedestrians frequently cross high-speed roads, although no formal provision is made for them ... Such locations may be where new by-passes intersect established pedestrian routes. As the crossing point is unlikely to be apparent to drivers, a distance should normally be added". If the existing 'Pedestrians in road' warning signs are to be used instead, then these need to be much bigger than those that currently exist to reflect the speed of approaching traffic etc
Updates
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This has been passed to the local area technician to investigate, they will carry out an inspection within the next 10 working days and if required arrange to resolve the issue.
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Update
We have now made an inspection of the report, the issue reported has been added to a package of works for this location and will be addressed when we are next in the area.
There is no immediate action that is required at this stage.
Please be assured, we will continue to monitor the area in line with our Highways Safety Inspection Policy.
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