No word yet on what the system might cost, but the current pedestrian detection system is typically bundled with other like-minded high-tech features.

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The place is a huge mess, in preparation for a new bus station, pedestrian crossings and a new one-way system.

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The consultant's report suggested replacing the "gyratory" system with two-way roads, and providing more pedestrian crossings and signs.

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Mr Hughes said the High Street during the daytime was meant to be a designated "pedestrian zone" but traffic was using the street at all hours by some drivers abusing the system because of the broken bollards.

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