*Photograph: Joe Buckley
DIFFICULTIES in navigating footpaths in a Shannon estate for a wheelchair resident have been flagged by local councillors.
In a proposal before the Shannon Municipal District, Cllr David Griffin (FF) asked that “the footpaths in the Collins Park area of Shannon be upgraded to help improve disabled accessibility in the area”.
Senior executive engineer in the Shannon MD, Tom Mellett confirmed that the proposed footpath will be included “for consideration in future capital footpath works”.
Speaking at the meeting, Cllr Griffin noted that one area of Collins Park has been done up. “A lady in a wheelchair is struggling when having to access different parts of Collins Park. I hope it will be done for the next round of work”.
Seconding the proposal, Cllr Tony Mulcahy (FG) flagged, “there is no drainage in those areas”.
