Councilor Stefaan Verheugt wants Bergen op Zoom to become the most wheelchair-friendly municipality in the Netherlands.

Motion

The accessibility of the beach on the Binnenschelde for wheelchair users was the first reason. On June 20, 2019, the city council unanimously supported the motion below. (Full text motion)

Request to the college

As a first step towards a local inclusion agenda, to make an inventory of the gaps within our municipality when it comes to accessibility in the physical domain for people with a physical disability; In future council proposals in the field of public space or municipal buildings, pay special attention to ''accessibility for people with a physical disability''.

Response Accessible Bergen op Zoom

About accessibility Physical disability is a collective term for motor disabilities, sensory disabilities, speech and language disabilities and consciousness disorders. The foundation focuses not only on physical accessibility, but also on accessibility of information. Physical accessibility concerns not only safe and pleasant access to public space and municipal buildings. Also important to the foundation is the accessibility of buildings that have a public function, such as museums, churches, libraries, schools, offices, shops, hotels, restaurants and cafes. The Accessible Foundation greatly appreciates this motion. It has led to the impetus for an inclusion agenda for 2020.

Response of the Board of B&W

Step-by-step plan The Municipal Executive wants to give substance to the theme of accessibility in public space in a structural manner. A global inventory of the total area of accessibility has now been started to set up a step-by-step plan so that a local inclusion agenda can be drawn up at a later date in 2020. Full answer
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