Dropped kerbs pave the way for less mobile

I doubt it frank, not with all the cars parked on the corners and up the kerbs illegally like they do!

Was thinking the same Mark. Whilst I understand the one in the village I am not sure there was much need for one on Lynton Lane. Seems odd to have one in the village itself and then to put one near some flats well away from the village and its shops.Do many mobility scooters travel the complete length of London Road, must have missed them all.

Well done for this, can not believe this has been questioned , I no many people on Lynton lane who can't get out on their mobility scooters or people from the care home - cavendish and belvedere who struggle to get around or even be pushed in to the village caus of the high pavements, I'm a bit shocked at your comment Sarah as why you have to question the pavements been made usable for the elderley and disabled right by two care homes ,hopfully you will never need this service but the elderley and disabled do!

It's not the dropping of the kerbs I am questioning but their location. What is the point of only dropping one kerb on Lynton Lane if as you say there are people from the care homes having a struggle to get into the village. Surely the Council need to drop every kerb for it to really be of help. To get into the village in either a wheelchair or a mobility scooter from Lynton Lane is hell ((I know I have done it ) as you have to either go down the path at the side of the train station or struggle past Tower Garage and the difficulties all that brings. Choose the path and you are met with cars sat at a junction so you have to really struggle to get a wheelchair over the road, through the traffic and then up and back onto the pavement. The Tower Garage option is a none starter.

Not sure anyone could actually live in the Lynton Lane flats if they need a mobility scooter.

So drop the kerbs for all these mobility scooter users but make sure you do them all as otherwise there is no point to it. The two locations look like they have been picked by someone sticking a pin in a map wearing a blindfold (IMO)

Oh so this is what we need a Councillor for? Those bobbles make it very difficult for me with my disablity - but obviously people who aren't in a wheel chair aren't disabled.

Mark,

I know what you mean, drivers can be infuriating, but the answer is enforcement and fine them, not to stop improving the routes.

Brown St lets every wheelchair/mobility scooter get the full length of London Road. Lynton Lane has mobility users in the flats and now the further flats can travel into the village by scooter. Increasingly an ageing population will rely more and more on scooters. I would rather the electorate were independent and had access to the village, rather than had to transfer to nursing homes because they had been trapped at home.

Well done whoever is responsible for this. Actually the reason for the bobbles, tactile paving, is not just for mobility scooter users. It is also so that a blind person can feel the edge of the road. I have previously commented on the use of shared streets and their dangers for blind people. This is why Guide Dog's for the Blind constantly campaign for more tactile paving.

Again, well done all concerned.

How about enforcing the movement of all the "A" boards, outdoor seating and cars parked illegally now? All of these being a hazard to people with mobility issues.

Mr Keegan. Perhaps you should try and push a person in a wheelchair from the flats on Lynton Lane into Alderley village and just see how difficult it is, the dropping of one kerb where it's been done is not much help at all. It's the rest of the journey that would stop people having access to the shops. But unless you have done it you will never know.

Try getting round Some of the shops, or even in the shops whilst pushing someone in a wheelchair and then it will become obvious Just how difficult it all is. Some shops you just know not to even attempt going in because it's such hard work, unless you want to drag all the displays down.

Great, now lets get rid of all the uneven paving flags before they render the other half of Alderley disabled.