A LOCAL housing association will be "happy" to discuss improvements after a Warndon car park was highlighted for lack of disability access.
Cllr Jill Desayrah, Worcester city councillor for Warndon, said that disabled people have been struggling to access their homes due to the lack of a dropped kerb in Saddler’s Walk.
A tweet shared by Cllr Desayrah said: "Many disabled residents living around Saddler’s Walk, Warndon have to struggle to climb this kerb to access their homes.
"Worcestershire County Council Highways and Travel team, please advise how we can work together to get them a footway crossing so they can get a safe route home."
Many disabled residents living around Saddler’s Walk, Warndon have to struggle to climb this kerb to access their homes. @WorcTravel please advise how we can work together get them a footway crossing so they can get a safe route home pic.twitter.com/PeTJAy0Ped
— Jill Desayrah (@JDesayrah) August 16, 2022
Cllr Jill Desayrah later said the car park was owned by Citizen Housing and she was awaiting a response.
It appears that these paths ways are owned by Citizen Housing. So, firstly there’s no need to check this one out @WorcTravel it’s being put to @citizenhousing instead. I look forward to a reply soon.
— Jill Desayrah (@JDesayrah) August 18, 2022
Despite the engagement on Twitter, Citizen say they have not been contacted about disability access in the car park.
A spokesperson for Citizen said: “We own the car park at Saddler’s Walk in Warndon.
"However we have not been contacted by Councillor Desayrah or anyone else about disability access.
"We are happy to engage with anyone who would like to speak with us regarding any potential improvements that could be made.”
According to the Equality Act 2010, disabled people have the right to ‘reasonable adjustments’ that make jobs and services accessible to them. Access for disabled people is a legal requirement.
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This applies to employers, public and private services. Some things such as transport are covered by specific regulations.
Citizen owns and manages 30,000 homes for communities across the West Midlands, including urban tower blocks to rural villages and towns.
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