'Discriminatory' Oswestry car park barrier to be made taller
A barrier at the entrance to Oswestry's main car park will have to be raised because it is breaking discrimination legislation.
Oswestry Town Council has agreed to increase the height of its entrance barrier at the Central Car Park to 2.6 metres after complaints from the local access group.
It pointed out that the British Standard under the Equalities Act for car parks was 2.6 metres and said some of its members could not get into the car park with their adapted vehicles because it was lower than that..
Some councillors asked the council to remove the height barrier altogether. But the council voted to instead raise its height.
Council chairman, Councillor Paul Milner, said: "We listened to the access group and the council is pleased that is it able to retain a barrier but one that is not discriminatory against people with disabilities."
