SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Good news for wheelchair-user Betty

YEOVIL MP David Laws has spoken of his delight that the local area highways office has agreed to provide a dropped kerb outside the home of wheelchair-user Betty Armour.

Miss Armour, of Crewkerne, is a wheelchair user and has been fighting for the pavement to be dropped so she could have safe access to her house in her new electric wheelchair.

After hearing Miss Armour’s concerns, Mr Laws first wrote to Somerset County Council in July this year, and pressed them again about the matter in August.

PHOTO - TOP: A dropped kerb - similar to the one above - will make life a lot easier for Betty Armour.

PHOTO - RIGHT: Yeovil MP David Laws.

County councillor for Crewkerne, Cllr John Dyke, also helped in Miss Armour’s case and raised her concerns with Somerset Highways.

Thankfully, the local area highways office has now agreed to provide a dropped kerb and a footway slip-on and slip-off facility so that Miss Armour can safely access her home in her electric wheelchair.

“This is fantastic news for Miss Armour,” said Mr Laws.

“Lowering the kerb height may sound like a small thing to many, but it is vitally important for somebody who uses a wheelchair and worries about how they will get around on a daily basis.

“The last thing she should have to be worrying about is getting safely into her own home and I am delighted that this problem will now be resolved.”

Miss Armour added: “To all the disabled people out there, do not give up because sometimes you have to go the extra mile for help and to be heard. I want to thank all those who supported me to help make this happen.”

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