At the Capital Buildings Board meeting of 10 May 2023 Oliver Sells whinged about the amount of money being spent on installing cycle lifts – detailed as part of the report about the alleged benefits to residents’ from the police hub refurbishments at Middlesex Street Estate and its impact on service charges. The November 2022 consultation responses revealed significant issues, potentially, for mobility impaired residents, but these were not referred to by the Chair Michael Snyder or the officers when Councillor Sells raised his financial concerns. It’s worrying that the comments relating to the needs of people who rely on wheelchairs and invalid carriages seem to have been overlooked. Are the proposed cycle lifts going to be spacious enough to accommodate these essential disability aids? The needs of people with baby buggies should also be taken into account.

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