A KERB will be dropped outside the home of a Crewkerne wheelchair user who has been campaigning for help for months.
Betty Armour has been seeking for the pavement to be dropped so she can have safe access to her house in her new electric wheelchair.
Local MP David Laws first wrote to Somerset County Council in July and pressed it again about the matter in August.
LibDem county councillor for Crewkerne John Dyke also assisted in Miss Armour’s case and raised her concerns with Somerset Highways.
Now, highways bosses have agreed to provide a dropped kerb and a footway slip-on and slip-off facility so that Miss Armour can safely get into her home in her electric wheelchair.
She said: “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.”
Mr Laws added: “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.”
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