Hereford disability campaigner's success after four-year battle

Cameron Wood has long campaigned for dropped kerbs in the city after being forced to use roads as a pavement.

In January, Mr Wood finally met with officers from Herefordshire Council in Harrow Road to show them why he believed that Herefordshire’s roads were an accident waiting to happen.

Mr Wood said: "I’ve had to use some of the counties roads as my pavement in the last four years because of the lack of dropped kerbs in our county and this is totally unacceptable.

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"After months of sending emails and holding meetings with Herefordshire Council it was confirmed just a few weeks ago that work would start on making the necessary improvements to our pavement network as a result of my campaigning."

Herefordshire Council is now installing 16 pairs of dropped kerbs in Harrow Road and Plough Lane.

A countywide pavement review is now being conducted to establish if any more pavements need adapting to ensure that they are accessible for all.

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Coun John Harrington told ITV news: "Listening to him and seeing the issues that he has and how much of a significant impact it has on him, we said we've got to do something and so we were able to find some funding and I want to thank our officers for being able to do that".

Mr Wood said he was grateful to the council for acting on his concerns and that it had done everything it possibly can to make sure it's done in the quickest possible time.