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Disabled cyclist hits out at council 'trying to worm its way out of doing bare minimum' in new policy
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A disabled cyclist has accused Stockport council of trying to ‘worm its way out’ of ensuring all walking and cycling routes are accessible to people with mobility issues.
The authority is currently consulting on a draft ‘access control’ policy following new government guidance on designing ‘high quality, safe cycle infrastructure’.
The plan includes using measures such as chicanes, bollards and barriers to combat anti-social behaviour on some routes - particularly from those using off-road bikes or mopeds.
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But these can also significantly restrict disabled people from being able to travel through and explore the borough as freely as everyone else.
The council says it is aware of ‘a variety of concerns regarding access controls’ in the borough, which the draft policy is attempting to address.
But the document has been fiercely criticised by Harrie Larrington-Spencer, a disabled trike-user who often visits Stockport from her south Manchester home and plans on moving to Heaton Moor.
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Harrie is also a researcher in Healthy Active Cities, at the University of Salford - so has both a personal and professional interest in the proposals.
“The proposal Stockport has now doesn’t meet the legal access
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