Pavement or ‘Footway’?

Ours haven’t

At least it didn’t say “sidewalk” Footpath understand

Would always say pavement or footpath.

Footway is a perfectly good and legitimate word meaning specifically:

A way or path used chiefly or exclusively by pedestrians; a footpath.

2014 Plymouth Herald: We carry out regular inspections of the city's footways and roads but defects can develop very quickly.

Whereas pavement means just that:

A paved surface formed of stones, bricks, tiles, or similar materials fitted closely together.

There is also foot pavement which combines the two.

A pavement might be used by people with wheeled vehicles, bikes, scooters, wheelchairs.

Footway comes from German and pavement from French.

I came across footway a few years ago when I contacted Bear about repairs to a pavement for which they had responsibility, so I assume it must be the technical term used by transport firms.