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Please be aware of the following continued critically important access improvements to Westgate Street crossing facilities

In addition to the recently upgraded crossing facilities that now include tactile tumblers / cones at all controlled crossings along Westgate Street.

Works will also now commence on physical improvements with the replacement of all tactile pavers / surfaces on all controlled crossing points.

As such from the 7th September (lasting approximately 2 weeks Max) Street road works teams we will be on site from approx 8am-3.30pm working along the street until crossings works are completed.

As such all works will have safety barriers in place; and whilst this will slightly reduce the effective usable width of each crossing, crossings will however remain open and safe for the public.

Furthermore, all road works teams have been briefed and will be on hand to help anyone with difficulty in using the crossings during this time; in particular those from the Visually Impaired community in the negotiating of the works barriers / routes.

CIB staff, volunteers and supporters walk in celebration of 150 years

Cardiff Institute for the Blind is recruiting for a Community Support Coordinator position to help deliver a wide range of services for blind and partially sighted people, primarily in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

Cardiff Institute for the Blind (CIB) is inviting volunteers and service-users to join staff on a 1.1 mile walk on 19 August to raise awareness of our 150th anniversary.

The walk will start at 11am from CIB’s headquarters at Jones Court and then go via Queen’s Street, Newport Road, City Road and finishing at St. Peter’s Hall on St. Peter’s Street.

Please get in touch if you would like to join us on the walk by calling 029 2039 8900 or emailing [email protected].  Whilst we hope that everyone who contacts us can do the walk, we have a limit of 150 people and will need to ensure that everyone can safely complete the route.

We will contact you at least two weeks before the 19 August if you have expressed an interest in doing the walk, so please give us your full contact details if you are responding in writing.  We would also be very grateful if you can let us know whether you would need a guide or can bring someone that can support you if required.