DROP kerbs are needed to improve access into Dunbar town centre for people in wheelchairs or with buggies, according to a community councillor.
Jacquie Bell raised the issue at Dunbar Community Council’s most recent meeting.
She told the Courier: “There are a whole lot of problems. There is a shortage of drop kerbs coming in from the North Road side of the town.
“To get to the town centre, it is really difficult if you have got a wheelchair or a buggy because of a shortage of drop kerbs.”
Mrs Bell, who previously represented the town on East Lothian Council, also noted problems with “slopes” in the town centre.
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Special areas of paving are in place on the town’s High Street and West Port in a bid to make it easier for people to cross the busy roads.
However, Mrs Bell felt that the grooved designs and the degree of the slopes on the crossings around the town centre made it more difficult.
According to the community councillor, a number of people had fallen, including one person who had been knocked unconscious.
A council spokesperson said: “We have an annual programme of drop-kerb work and consider all requests, assessing against need and limited resources. Some of the infrastructure we have was built a number of years ago when different standards were in place.
“We do have a programme of upgrading during maintenance and improvement schemes, subject to budget availability.”
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