Young Shire Council has approved nine proposals from its Access Advisory Committee, regarding disabled parking, removing trip hazards from footpaths and allowing better access into buildings.
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The committee put forward the proposals for councillors to consider at council’s August monthly meeting.
There were four footpath matters the committee believed required council attention, including leveling the path and removing a trip hazard on the corner of Clarke and Boorowa streets.
The committee would like to see more surveillance by council rangers of businesses’ footpath displays and footpath dining.
The committee said they wanted to ensure footpath access “wasn’t impeded because of any unauthorised structures placed on the footway”.
They also asked council to appoint a representative to work with the Young Court House management to help ensure those attending court hearing days weren’t blocking the footpath outside the premises for pedestrians.
“Many people are congregating on the footpath making it difficult for pedestrians, especially the elderly, to move along the path,” the committee said.
Council will also arrange regular inspections and clean up of tree seed pods on the footpath outside the Council Chambers, as well as repainting the nearby disabled parking signs.
And it will investigate providing a single disabled car parking space near the Young Catholic Church to aid locals, especially when attending funerals.
The committee is out to better educate Young businesses on having suitable access into their buildings for their disabled customers who rely on wheelchairs.
So they’ve asked council to investigate avenues to promote the benefits of such an action.
“This would include information about proprietary products and their availability such as movable ramps and the like,” the committee said in their request.
The committee has also asked for council to take action on the condition of Rosemary Lane and repair potholes for patients to better access to the Young Diagnostic Centre.
They said the lane’s condition had made moving around the area very difficult for elderly and disabled patients.
Last but not least, the committee’s final request was for council to congratulate Young Community Transport manager Kelly Rolfe and her team for successfully securing an expansion of the service that now includes transporting residents to Wagga.
