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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a raised pavement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a section of a walkway or road that has been elevated above the surrounding area, often for safety or accessibility reasons.
Example: "The city installed a raised pavement at the crosswalk to ensure the safety of pedestrians."
Alternatives: "an elevated sidewalk" or "a raised walkway".
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A raised pavement will keep cyclists away from cars and lorries.
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The miles we had taken up just before were filled with passed scenes and things on campus – dark and lit rooms, the football stadium lights, that student who cheered us – and in town – oncoming cars, a beautiful friend I shouted hello to, a slight fall over raised pavement – but now there was just this one scene.
Glendale has agreed to pay $30,000 to an elderly couple who was injured on a city sidewalk after the husband tripped on raised pavement near a tree and fell, bringing his wife down with him.
Devices typically used include speed bumps, barricades to block streets, turn prohibitions, stop signs, and raised pavement markers.
The department first addressed the danger last year by instituting a plan known as traffic calming: narrowing some outer lanes and widening several sidewalk areas with painted stripes, raised pavement, stanchions and heavy planters.
The raised pavement and steps are themselves also listed Grade II.
The annual Slurry Seal and Rehabilitation project, which includes asphalt patching, removal and replacement of traffic striping, raised pavement markers and more, is estimated to cost $625,000.
A lack of raised pavements, poor enforcement, untrustworthy licensing and soft sentencing have all been named as contributing factors, but the heart of the problem is to do with attitude, something that Dube calls 'a culture of lawlessness, right across the board'.
In some parts of the city, such as George Street, and London Road near Cleveland Bridge, the developers of the opposite side of the road did not match this pattern, leaving raised pavements with the ends of the vaults exposed to a lower street below.
Men carrying briefcases sit on raised pavements.
They are keen on Dutch-style "shared space" roads without raised pavements, aimed at discouraging cars from speeding.
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