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  Jacobs UK Ltd has received a request from Kent Highway Services to complete a
  Pedestrian Guardrail Assessment in Dover.
  
  There is an increasing emphasis on improving the streetscape by removing street
  clutter and providing better pedestrian accessibility whilst still maintaining road
  safety. It is recognised that where pedestrian guard railing is badly sited or over
  installed it not only alienates pedestrians but also looks unsightly, easily becomes
  damaged which in turn leads to increased maintenance costs and complaints.
  
  Guard railing can be the right solution when the objectives of installing it (and in the
  right amount) are fully considered. The main purpose of guard railing is to improve
  safety by trying to prevent pedestrians from crossing the road at an inappropriate
  place or from straying into the road inadvertently.
  
  Guard railing can also be used to offer some protection to pedestrians at locations where the path of large vehicles, such as buses and heavy goods vehicles, takes the vehicles close to the footway, sometimes overhanging it.
  This report contains recommendations to retain, partially remove or wholly remove
  pedestrian guard railing from 18 sites across Dover.
  
  The assessments were conducted within an approximate 750metre (820yard) radius
  (1 mile diameter) of the High Street to incorporate the main pedestrian
  thoroughfares in the town centre (see figure 1).
  
  Each site has been assessed by a fully qualified road safety auditor and a road
  safety engineer. Records of each site will be maintained by the KHS Signs, Lines
  and Barriers Asset Manager.
  
  The surveys have allowed sufficient adjacent road space to be included; the exact
  length of road surveyed to make up a site has been dictated by the existence of side
  roads, major entrances / exits and the current extent of the existing guard railing.
  
  Where appropriate the width of the carriageway and its arrangement into lanes has
  been recorded as this relates to the degree of difficulty that people have in crossing.
  The width of the available footway has also been taken and consideration given to
  the effect the guard railing has on reducing the effective footway width.
  
  Illustrated diagrams indicating pedestrian guardrail locations, any proposals to install
  additional guardrail panels, the replacement of any damaged panels and to remove
  or retain the guardrails have been included.
  
  One of the reports is 44 pages long.
  
  There are maps and diagrams of the areas and reasons why recommendations to remove the barriers are made.
  
  
  
  Roger

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