£1m accessible route isn't accessible because of 15 stone steps and stiles

£1m accessible route isn't accessible because of 15 stone steps and stiles58 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleDafydd EvansBBC WalesBBCWheelchair user Morgan Jones can't access the route because of the stileMore than £1m has been spent on creating an accessible route – that isn't accessible.Bikers and wheelchair users have said a redeveloped two-mile section of a bridle path along the River Dee is not accessible to everyone.The path links the communities of Corwen and Cynwyd, in Denbighshire.Critics have said they cannot access it because they have to climb down 15 stone steps to reach it. The path also has fences and stiles.Denbighshire council said it was working with landowners to improve access. Wheelchair-user Morgan Jones is angry he cannot access the entire route."I can't understand why the council hasn't put in that ramp. I feel that disabled people in a wheelchair are a second thought."I'm quite frustrated to be honest. It's 2026. It's a shame that I have to fight for accessibility."Ross Adams, from Cycling UK, says it is a shame the route is not accessible to all.“It’s great that progress was made but then it stalled and it’s got to a situation where it may as well not have started because it’s almost a pointless exercise," he said. “We’ve got a situation at both ends of the active travel corridor where people can’t really access it, so it begs the question, why was it put in in the first place?"Users of the two-mile route have called on the council to improve access for allActive travel is one of the Welsh government's commitments to encourage more walking and cycling.Work to convert the old railway line began in 2024 with funding from a wider pot of £3.8m from the UK government’s Levelling Up scheme. Much of the path now has a new tarmac surface, costing more than £1m. But in Cynwyd, access to the route is down the steps. At the Corwen end, the grass path runs through priva...