A SECTION of the Dales Way has been made more accessible to people in wheelchairs and walkers with limited mobility.
Improvement work – by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) – has been given a thumbs-up as it re-opens to the public, said Phil Richards, the authority’s area ranger for Wharfedale and Littondale.
“The Dales Way is an important recreational route through the National Park from Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere and is very popular all year round,” he said. “Over the past few weeks we have replaced existing steps with surfaced ramps to create assisted wheelchair access beyond the Scar and eventually to the suspension bridge at Hebden.”
The work was funded by Dales Integrated Transport Alliance and inspired by wheelchair user and Craven College teacher Jack Morgan.
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