Vught Installs Guide Strips for the Blind at Railway Crossings

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The strips will probably soon be placed at a third crossing in Vught. The initiator hopes that other places in the country will follow.

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Marcus Boerdijk (67) has been helping blind and partially sighted people live as independently as possible for 45 years. From learning to cook to finding their way. But he also ensures that these people can walk safely on the streets. For example, he arranged for tactile guide lines to be installed at railway crossings in Vught, a first. "If I see that something can be improved, I do something about it." As a teenager, Marcus wanted to get out o…