A multi-million pound investment in walking and cycling throughout Liverpool city centre will come as a great benefit to disabled people.
Almost £13.5m is to be spent improving routes across the city after Liverpool Council approved the receipt of a grant from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA). The CA is distributing funds it received from the government's Levelling Up fund.
Cllr Pam Thomas, Liverpool Council cabinet member for equality, diversity and inclusion, said the new scheme would provide an opportunity to ensure the environment is more accessible to disabled people. A total of four schemes will be the subject of the grant funding, with the majority - £6.5m - to be spent in the Ropewalks area with improvements to pavements and roads by replacing the current carriageway and footway which have become broken, uneven and causing trip hazards due to poor construction.
