http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/175AHighways Act 1980An Act to consolidate the Highways Acts 1959 to 1971 and related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.1981-03-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-03-18Expert Participation2026-03-13 Part IX Lawful and Unlawful Interference With Highways and Streets Precautions to be taken in doing certain works in or near streets or highways <Addition ChangeId="d29p19070" CommentaryRef="c13427651"> Duty to have regard to needs of disabled and blind in executing works, </Addition><Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la"><Addition ChangeId="d29p19070" CommentaryRef="c13427651">etc.</Addition></Abbreviation> 175A1In executing works in a street which may impede the mobility of disabled persons or blind persons highway authorities, local authorities and any other person exercising a statutory power to execute works on a highway shall have regard to the needs of such persons.2Any such authority or person as is mentioned in subsection (1) above shall have regard to the needs of disabled persons and blind persons when placing lamp-posts, bollards, traffic-signs, apparatus or other permanent obstructions in a street.3Highway authorities shall have regard to the needs of disabled persons when considering the desirability of providing ramps at appropriate places between carriageways and footways.4In executing in a street any such works as are mentioned in subsection (1) above, any such authority or person as is mentioned in that subsection shall have regard to the need of blind persons to have any openings, whether temporary or permanent, in the street, properly protected.5Section 28 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (power to define certain expressions for the purposes of provisions of that Act) shall have effect as if any reference in it to a provision of that Act included a reference to this section.S. 175A inserted by Disabled Persons Act 1981 (c. 43, SIF 81:3), s. 1(1)