Ros does like to work with our local councillors to help them with their work, and when Wendy Marchant was campaigning to obtain an access ramp for the southbound platform at Needham Market station, she was happy to do what she could to help...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market (Liberal Democrat)
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the timetable for determining grants for applications made under the Access for All scheme for railway stations.
Earl Attlee (Whip, House of Lords; Conservative)
Since April 2011, Access for All Small Schemes grant funding has been offered directly to train operators by the Department for Transport to deliver small scale access improvements at stations. The budget is allocated according to the number of stations each operator has and how busy those stations are. Budget allocations for 2012-13 were notified to operators on 16 March, with a request to submit their proposed schemes to the department by 31 March 2012.
At the moment, the only access to the southbound platform is via a foot tunnel with steep steps at each end, impossible in wheelchairs, and very difficult for anyone with a pushchair or a pram, and as the town grows larger, and passenger traffic grows by 10% each year, something will need to be done.
Hopefully, it can be...
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