| Here are a few images which I have taken during the erection of a new footbridge over Platforms 4 & 5 of the triangular railway station at Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows. It will give able-bodied people access to the centre platforms 2, 3 and 4, but like its 1898 predecessor, will still deny access to these platforms by disabled passengers. It is also used by hundreds of local residents who use the footpath every day to cross from a main residential part of Newton-le-Willows to the town centre's business and retail sections.
It seems that it is NOT YET COMPULSORY for a new structure on a public right-of-way such as this one to provide disabled access, although many think it is, or should be. |
928x710 001_Earlestown_Accessibility_Problems.jpg 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
1004x768 002_Earlestown__P1-Ps_2_3_S_H_footbridge_01.JPG 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
1003x768 003_Gently_Does_It_from_Earlestown_P1_to_P2_.jpg 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
1003x768 004_E_town_Old_Footbridge_Ps_4_5__01.jpg 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
654x768 005_E_town_Old_Footbridge_Ps_4_5__02.jpg 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
986x768 006_E_town_New_Footbridge_Ps_4_5__02.jpg 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
547x768 007_Earlestown_P4-P5_new_footbridge_0115__Captioned_.JPG 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
1003x768 008_Earlestown_P4-P5_new_footbridge_0211.JPG 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
985x768 009_Earlestown_P4-P5_new_footbridge_0212.JPG 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
1081x768 010_E_town_New_Footbridge_Ps_4_5__01.jpg 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
1024x768 011_Earlestown__P4-P5_old_and_new_footbridges_0218.JPG 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
1024x762 012_Earlestown__P4-P5_old_and_new_footbridges_0219.JPG 2007-05-28 00:00:00 |
