An £80,000 appeal to help make Chelmsford more accessible to people with mobility problems has reached its target just 18 months after it was launched.

The Meadows Shop-mobility appeal, adopted for support by the Essex Chronicle over the past year, has achieved its aim of raising enough money for eight top quality scooters and to create a base for them at the Meadows centre.

An allocation of £50,000 for the capital cost of the scheme, announced this week by Essex County Council, took the appeal to its target.

Now plans are afoot to convert a store room in the centre's multi-storey car park into a base.

The scooters will be available for people with mobility problems to use in the shopping centre and surrounding area.

Published Friday, January 10, 2003

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