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Nov 2022
Bins causing access problems in Ripon car park to be relocated
Two new bins that have created access problems for wheelchair users at Sainsbury's car park in Ripon are to be relocated.
Harrogate Borough Council recently installed the waste and recycling bins on a footpath with drop kerbs that provides a link from The Arcade to the supermarket.
But they leave little room for wheelchairs, or people with prams and pushchairs, to pass safely.
After being contacted by fellow wheelchair users and parents with young children, Jeremy Dunford, a trustee of Ripon Disability Forum, raised the issue with North Yorkshire County Council and Harrogate Borough Council.
The bins leave little room for manoeuvre for people with limited mobility.
He told the Stray Ferret:
In response to Mr Dunford's request for urgent action over the bins, a spokesperson from Harrogate Borough Council, which has installed many large new bins across the district lately, said:
Mr Dunford said:
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