Following the meeting I called last month with Jo Hadley from Older Voices, I have been advised that the Cowes Medical Centre are taking on a more flexible approach to residents with transport needs/ accessibility issues in the Cowes Area.
I am also passing on an Accessibility Audit which was undertaken last month by a member of Older Voices to Councillor Edward Giles. The purpose of this audit was to find out those pavements that are the most difficult to access by wheelchair and mobility scooters as well as parents with pram and pushchairs due to having insufficient dropped kerbs.
Roads that caused problems include: Granville Road Bridge, Westwood Close, Reynolds Close, Brooklands Road, Firs Close, Ward Avenue (both ends) and Windmill Close. Shamblers Close, Ash Grove and Stephenson Road (all with access from Mill Hill Road) and the entrance to the footpath end of Love Lane and the waterworks Barrier gateway at the end of the levelling was considered too close. (I highlighted this might have been due to prevent motor cycles using the footpath).
Other areas requiring attention included Northwood Recreation Ground, (beside the new homes). Although the first barrier is not too bad, the second gap was thought to be too close. This has meant that wheelchair and scooter users cannot currently access the doctors surgery when using this route, subsequently this means taking a more circuitous route.
At the Older Voices meeting which I attended, I was asked to pass this information on to my Isle of Wight Councillor and Cowes Town Council colleagues, and have been asked to invite Town and Parish Councillors to their meeting. The next meeting is held at 10am, Thursday 18th November at the Isle of Wight Community Club in Park Road, I suggested in the mean time the group should consider mailing minutes of meetings to appropriate local Councils.
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