Dear Group, the council have recently constructed a cycle path which will be handy for Dear Daughter to use to get to school and back. Her nearest access point to the cycle track is along another little track where theres a little Electric company transformer building. Across the track is a set of double steel gates allowing access to vehicles, which are now locked almost shut. The gap between the gates is 19" in old money, which means you have to "feed" your bike through the gates.
My question is, is there a recognised minumum width regulation in such circumstances?
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Dear Group, the council have recently constructed a cycle path which will be handy for Dear Daughter to use to get to school and back. Her nearest access point to the cycle track is along another little track where theres a little Electric company transformer building. Across the track is a set of double steel gates allowing access to vehicles, which are now locked almost shut. The gap between the gates is 19" in old money, which means you have to "feed" your bike through the gates.
My question is, is there a recognised minumum width regulation in such circumstances?
Check out the rules for minimum widths for disabled access, assuming that disabled people could reasonably access it. From memory the width has to be minimum of a metre, approx 39"
little Electric company transformer building. Across the track is a set of double steel gates allowing access to vehicles, which are now locked almost shut. The gap between the gates is 19" in old money, which means you have to "feed" your bike through the gates.
My question is, is there a recognised minumum width regulation in such circumstances?
There's a minimum width for cycle-carrying structures (eg, a minimum width between the parapets of a bridge used by cyclists), but I don't think there's a minimum width for obstructions on a path - otherwise the anti-motorbike-tandem-trice-pushchair-wheelchair things the council litters around the place would be in trouble.
If the track is actually a public right of way, I'd try a nice word with the local authority rights-of-way officer - ask at your highway department. Some rights-of-way people actually take such things quite seriously - the council doesn't seem to like people messing with rights-of-way, and they might just be unaware of the blockage.
If the track is actually a public right of way, I'd try a nice word with the local authority rights-of-way officer - ask at your highway department. Some rights-of-way people actually take such things quite seriously - the council doesn't seem to like people messing with rights-of-way, and they might just be unaware of the blockage.
That sounds like good advice Ian, thats exactly what i'll do!
My question is, is there a recognised minumum width regulation in such circumstances?
Check out the rules for minimum widths for disabled access, assuming that disabled people could reasonably access it. From memory the width has to be minimum of a metre, approx 39"
I'll back up what Rich says. Contact your local council, and mention the Disability Discrimination Act.
The recommended specs are somewhere on either the Sustrans or the Dept. for Transport sites - but curiously they are only recommendations.
