Fw: Hello

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Liamy Mac Nally

To: thomas chambers

Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:17 AM

Subject: Re: Hello

Hi Tom

 

See below!

 

Enjoy

 

Liamy

 

 

 

 

PRESS STATEMENT

 WESTPORT TOWN COUNCIL

REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY IN WESTPORT

 

 

Following a recent article on parking for disabled persons in the town of Westport, Westport Town Council has the following statement.

 

There are over seven hundred car parking spaces in the town core of Westport, of which thirty one are disabled car parking spaces.  Nineteen of these spaces are fully accessible for wheelchair users.   The remaining twelve are ambulant disabled car parking spaces, provided for non wheelchair users.

 

In recent years Westport Town Council has placed a lot of emphasis on improving access for all in the town.  This is evident in the environmental improvement works which were carried out on Bridge Street and Shop Street and the proposed works on Mill Street scheduled to start later this year.  These works provided for additional wheelchair friendly pedestrian crossings and additional disabled car parking spaces.

 

Additional building works were carried out to the Westport Civic Offices including a wheelchair accessible counter.   The Town Council has also worked with other public bodies including the Post Office to make their buildings universally accessible.  The Town Council has invested in excess of €100,000 in these works since 2005.   

 

An external access audit was carried out on behalf of the Town Council in October 2007.   It is estimated from the audit that almost €2million will be required to make the town universally accessible.  This will clearly take  a number of years to deliver.    The works identified in the audit will be carried out on a phased basis subject to the availability of resources.   All works carried out to date have been carried out in consultation with The National Disability Authority who are the lead state agency on disability issues. 

 

The Town Council owned Westport Leisure Park has invested significant resources  on improving disability access in the centre.

The work undertaken in the Centre received national recognition in 2008 through the centre winning a National Disability Authority Award.    Westport Leisure Park was the first Leisure Centre in the country to receive such an award and the excellent facilities provided were again recognised in 2008 when the Centre was declared overall national winner of the Disability Provision Category by ILAM.

 

The Town Council has worked hard during the term of this Council to improve accessibility in the town core.

 

We are satisfied that Westport is not just Irelands Tidiest Town but that we are also among the most accessible towns in the country.

 

 

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Ann Moore

Town Clerk

 

 

 

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: thomas chambers

To: Liamy Mac Nally

Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:44 PM

Subject: Hello

Hi Liamy,

 

I believe that Westport Town Council forwarded a statement to the radio station that was read out on the 1 o clock news on the 29th May 2009.

 

I would like a copy to study.

 

Regards,

 

Tom

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