I heard today from an Australian that they have a vibrating pad under the= tactile paving there. Strange that this thread should have arisen when I = came back in from site and it might not be true. =20 Regards Ruth Ruth Anderson Traffic Systems Engineer Jacobs=20 Phone: 01844 296292 -----Original Message----- From: tcug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Beh= alf Of Grahame Bath Sent: 28 November 2007 17:06 To: tcug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TCUG] Re: Vibrating tactile plates They may be thinking about the plates for ZEBRA crossings. Surely, there is no option for tactiles at signal controlled crossings ot= her than the rotating cones? Regards Grahame =2E......................................................................= =2E..... =2E Grahame Bath Senior Engineer Network Management & Information Surrey County Council 020 8541 7346 (Tel) 020 8541 7366 (Fax) =2E......................................................................= =2E..... =2E.. = =20 Graham_Bristo@URS = =20 Corp.com = =20 Sent by: T= o=20 tcug-bounce@freel tcug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = =20 ists.org c= c=20 = =20 Subjec= t=20 28/11/07 14:42 [TCUG] Vibrating tactile plates = =20 = =20 = =20 Please respond to = =20 tcug@xxxxxxxxxxxx = =20 g = =20 = =20 = =20 I've just been asked to look into providing these as my client doesn't li= ke the idea of cones. I have a vague memory that in the early days of Puffin= crossing these were trailed but I haven't heard of their use since. Can anyone shed any light on current providers please ? Regards Graham Bristo Senior Traffic Signal Engineer HA area 8 ///carillion-URS One team leading the way in quality, innovative and best value provision = of highway services T 01234 349641 (switchboard) T 01234 373641 (direct) F 01234 216268 Working on behalf of the Highways Agency to deliver Safe Roads, Reliable Journeys and Informed Travellers. e-mail address: graham.bristo@xxxxxxxxxxx This email transmission is confidential and intended for the addressee on= ly. It may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not th= e person or organisation to whom it is addressed, you must not copy, distribute, or take any action in reliance upon it. If you have received = this in error, please notify the Postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and return it. Carillion-URS is a joint venture company of: Carillion Highway Maintenance Limited. Registered in England No. 3198709 Registered Office, Birch Street, Wolverhampton WV1 4HY and URS Corporatio= n Limited. Registered in Scotland No. 118271 Registered Office, 243 West Ge= orge Street, Glasgow G2 4QE ----------------------------------------------------------- A message from the TCUG mailing list. For information about the list visi= t //www.freelists.org/webpage/tcug * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *= * * This email and any attachments with it are intended for the addressee onl= y. It may be confidential and may be the subject of legal and/or professiona= l privilege. =20 If you have received this email in error please notify the sender or postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The content may be personal or contain persona= l opinions and cannot be taken as an expression of the County Council's position. Surrey County Council reserves the right to monitor all incoming and outg= oing mail. Whilst every care has been taken to check this outgoing e-mail for viruse= s, it is your responsibility to carry out any checks upon receipt. Visit the Surrey County Council website - http://www.surreycc.gov.uk * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *= * * ----------------------------------------------------------- A message from the TCUG mailing list. For information about the list visi= t //www.freelists.org/webpage/tcug NOTICE - This communication may contain confidential and privileged infor= mation that is for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any viewing, c= opying or distribution of, or reliance on this message by unintended reci= pients is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error= , please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it= from your computer. ----------------------------------------------------------- A message from the TCUG mailing list. For information about the list visit //www.freelists.org/webpage/tcug