Landscaping at crossings

Some pedestrian crossing points, such as kerb extensions and pedestrian islands, create opportunities for landscaping or public art. While this can provide an amenity value for pedestrians, it must not obscure visibility for pedestrians or drivers, particularly on the upstream side, at any time of the year.

The crossing point must also continue to operate effectively during any landscaping maintenance, which means ensuring:

• drivers are not distracted by maintenance work or vehicles
• maintenance work or vehicles do not obscure pedestrian or driver visibility
• maintenance work or vehicles do not wholly or partially block pedestrian routes and force those on foot to change direction
• loose material is not spilled into the pedestrian route
• auditory cues (important to vision impaired pedestrians) are not obscured.

Further guidance on landscaping can be found under Supporting infrastructure topic:

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