Handrail installed to improve accessibility in Las Salinas del Carmen
Antigua Town Council has installed a handrail on Calle Los Salineros, a main route to the beach and seafront promenade, in order to comply with safety and accessibility regulations in the area. The mayor, Juan Cabrera, explains that a double handrail with two heights has been fitted, made of stainless steel and 47 metres long, and a small pedestrian lane has also been created for walkers.
The Accessibility Councillor, Giuseppe Signorino, says that this work responds to residents’ calls to ensure accessibility in this fishing village, on a street with a steep gradient and considerable height difference. The village is home to many elderly residents and attracts many tourists who walk through it every day, so this marks the completion of the second phase of works to remove geographical, urban and architectural barriers, following the installation of an earlier handrail on Calle de la Iglesia.
Juan Cabrera concludes that the residents of Las Salinas del Carmen will always find the doors of Antigua Town Council open for any requirements or requests they may have, and thanks the residents’ association for its collaboration with this new governing team.
