Comments on: Zoe the Guide Dog reviews Salters Road Junction

By: Lee Chilvers

Lee Chilvers — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:44:00 +0000

What a fantastic idea of using the actual guide dog to help undertake this kind of review! Well done Zoe 🙂

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 11:31:50 +0000

Thanks for your comment Beryl. We couldn’t agree with you more, we were aware that some types of tactile paving can cause issues for people with mobility issues, but we weren’t aware of the issue for people with Dementia. Do you have any links to information and ideally recommendations on what is appropriate to enable us to carry out further research?

By: Beryl Hylton Downing

Beryl Hylton Downing — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:16:42 +0000

I am delighted to see this Guide Dogs review. In general, what is good for people with visual impairment is good for everyone, but I would just like to point out that ‘tactile paving’ is very difficult for many people with dementia, and the frail elderly, and can make them feel very insecure. I think we need to be very careful when we are modifying the environment to assist some of our citizens not to disadvantage an even larger group of fellow citizens who are often less able to express their views. All users must be considered and an appropriate balance found.