[Talk-GB] Changing "stub" cycleways to pavements

[Martin Wynne]

On 15/02/2022 10:26, Mark Goodge wrote:
> 
> In this case, though, it's not just the signs. There's also a tactile 
> surface on the pavement which appears to have no other purpose than 
> indicating the limit of the shared use section (since it doesn't 
> coincide with a crossing point, but does coincide with the signs). So it 
> does seem pretty clear, on the ground, that the signs are positioned at 
> the point where the highway authority considers the shared use section 
> to start.
>

Assuming I've found the location being referred to, there may be 
historic/legal reasons for the sign location. For example Streetview 
shows property boundaries at that location on both sides (painted wall, 
fence), and this map shows some sort of hatched boundary crossing the 
road at that very location:

 
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=53.38411&lon=-2.62524&layers=168&b=1

Martin.