Portobello Beach: disabled access project

by **rapunzell** » 08 Oct 2006, 17:21

Alan McGregor will be presenting the beach access proposal to the Services for Communities Management team soon, and will get back to us with their response.

In the meantime, he has found a Glasgow supplier for a 'deployable matting system' that we might be able to get a look at. It would be one of the very temporary pathways that would have to be laid out and removed and stored, but this would still be access.

Does anyone know the management of the Turkish Baths? At the moment they are the only staffed recreational facility on the prom by a useable bit of sand for a temporary pathway, and it would be interesting to see if they could become involved, even on a voluntary basis.

by **Denise** » 09 Oct 2006, 08:04

by **Poppy** » 09 Oct 2006, 12:23

by **rapunzell** » 10 Oct 2006, 08:35

by **rapunzell** » 15 Oct 2006, 23:19

by **Bob Jefferson** » 28 Oct 2006, 21:33

by **rapunzell** » 29 Oct 2006, 00:01

by **rapunzell** » 06 Nov 2006, 09:09

by **Poppy** » 10 Nov 2006, 18:12

by **rapunzell** » 12 Nov 2006, 17:15

by **rapunzell** » 28 Nov 2006, 23:17

by **Izzie** » 18 Dec 2006, 18:49

by **Bob Jefferson** » 18 Dec 2006, 19:25

by **rapunzell** » 19 Dec 2006, 02:08

by **rapunzell** » 11 Jan 2007, 22:50

by **rapunzell** » 11 Jan 2007, 22:51

by **Poppy** » 11 Jan 2007, 22:54

by **rapunzell** » 11 Jan 2007, 23:03

by **Bob Jefferson** » 12 Jan 2007, 07:29

Do you mean this?

by **rapunzell** » 12 Jan 2007, 08:51

Yup, that's the fella! Thanks Bob

by **rapunzell** » 06 Feb 2007, 23:11

by **Izzie** » 07 Feb 2007, 21:35

How about asking Jack

Here is a link

http://forthone.co.uk/Article.asp?id=341128

by **rapunzell** » 07 Feb 2007, 22:56

by **rapunzell** » 08 Feb 2007, 13:56

by **Denise** » 08 Feb 2007, 17:29

by **rapunzell** » 08 Feb 2007, 17:44

by **Izzie** » 08 Feb 2007, 22:13

How about an email to Mark Turley.
Sorry I don't know his email addy,but I am sure someone here might know it.

by **rapunzell** » 08 Feb 2007, 23:07

I haven't heard that name before. Is he involved in access issues?

by **Izzie** » 09 Feb 2007, 07:08

by **rapunzell** » 09 Feb 2007, 18:44

Okay, thanks Izzie and Denise, I'll add him to the list of council bods to email/ chase up during next week's check-up on/ prodding for progress.

Alan McGregor (CEC) has just been in touch with a name for us to liase with now: Chris Stannard.

I'm still hoping that this will all be picked up by an action group, or disabled triathalon competitors, or a school, or visitors who had their coastal holiday spoilt by having to stay on the prom; anyone who will start bombarding the council too. Those additional voices might get a new dimension of CEC and Tourist Board attention/ fear/ realisation/ response etc.. And if the complaints/ recommendations came from an experienced sand engineer we might be rolling forward even faster!

by **rapunzell** » 12 Feb 2007, 19:24

I'm up to my eyeballs in project paperwork and email juggling, so thought I'd take a break and share a photo for a laugh, courtesy of Julian Harris:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96947382@N00/388105218/

The hopeful side so far is that there is a growing number of people showing interest, with new names and fresh avenues to pursue, the bad is that there are several members of council management who refuse to answer emails. Actually, I think it is time I named those people, as I suspect they are supposed to be publicly answerable. I'll do that next time.

Last week I encountered a travel journalist and access researcher named Scott Rains, who is very interested in following the progress of this project, and sharing the information with his readers and fellow travellers. I think that people like Scott will remind CEC and Scottish Tourism that we are not just talking about a little beach or a local project, but about the beach attached to a major international tourist destination, and that these travellers have standards and expectations. This might help reroute a little money and attention.

That reminds me, the CEC website of A-Z services has no mention of beaches, so I've contacted them to remind them. We'll fall under the varied categories of Leisure, Recreation, Outdoors, Sports and Tourism, and they'll link to the website's existing subsections to list access - or the absence of it, along with info on public transport, parking, toilets, facilities etc.

by **rapunzell** » 19 Feb 2007, 18:45

by **Denise** » 20 Feb 2007, 14:10

by **rapunzell** » 20 Feb 2007, 16:00

Portobello Beach: disabled access project

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