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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Hannah Rees

Wheelchair user 'forced into traffic' on road council say is 'not a priority'

A woman has called on the Liverpool City Council to carry out work on a well known road due to accessibility concerns.

Around five years ago Sarah McCullough, 42, was walking down Lodge Lane in Toxtet h and noticed a wheelchair user "pushing themselves amongst the traffic". She claims the person was unable to get back onto the pavement at the side road junctions.

As Sarah, from Toxteth, works in construction and "understands government policies and standards" she looked into dropped kerbs. She found that dropped kerbs should be in place for accessibility, which she said is not the case for a section between Fern Grove and Smithdown Road.

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