Government scraps disabled access funding for Tulse Hill station
Lambeth's Conservative Environment spokeswoman Cllr Clare Whelan has condemned the Department for Transport for scrapping the proposed funding for disabled access to Tulse Hill Station in West Norwood.
In 2006 the government announced that Tulse Hill would be one of 47 stations where step-free access would be introduced under the government's Access for All programme, but the funding has now been quietly withdrawn because they say it's no longer possible to find a 'safe and workable access solution'.
"This is outrageous," says Clare. "Tulse Hill is a busy station where people often need to change trains but many disabled people or those with luggage and/or young children and buggies find it impossible to do so. The fact that this station was one of very few in the programme in the first place shows that the need was recognised, but the detailed reasons given for not proceeding to make improvements appear not to have been fully thought through and are just an excuse to save money at the expense of our local residents, despite the promises made.
"Once again Tulse Hill is losing out. I urge the Department for Transport to reconsider."
In 2006 the government announced that Tulse Hill would be one of 47 stations where step-free access would be introduced under the government's Access for All programme, but the funding has now been quietly withdrawn because they say it's no longer possible to find a 'safe and workable access solution'.
"This is outrageous," says Clare. "Tulse Hill is a busy station where people often need to change trains but many disabled people or those with luggage and/or young children and buggies find it impossible to do so. The fact that this station was one of very few in the programme in the first place shows that the need was recognised, but the detailed reasons given for not proceeding to make improvements appear not to have been fully thought through and are just an excuse to save money at the expense of our local residents, despite the promises made.
"Once again Tulse Hill is losing out. I urge the Department for Transport to reconsider."
posted by Cllr John Whelan on 13:20
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