Issue - meetings

Access Barrier Review update

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED:

(a) That feedback on the proposed access improvements and the potential risks to the Authority be noted; and

(b) That the proposed improvements to the access points in the Saltney

Footbridge areas detailed in the plan and specification be agreed

Minutes:

The Access & Natural Environment Manager presented the report to seekagreement on the implementation of access improvements to the Wales Coast Path. He provided background information and referred to the main considerations as detailed in the report.

Councillor David Coggins-Cogan expressed a number of concerns around the proposed improvements as set out in the report which he said he could not support.

Councillor David Healey commented on the need to ensure the safety of users on the Wales Coastal Path.

Councillor Dan Rose suggested that alternative options should be considered.

Members acknowledged the need to mitigate illegal activity and also ensure the quality of access for the general public.

The Access & Natural Environment Manager responded to the further concerns and questions raised by Members around the use of radar keys, codes, and alternative schemes to prevent illegal and anti-social use on the Coastal Path.

Councillor Richard Lloyd moved the recommendations in the report and this was seconded by Councillor Ted Palmer.