{"id":24575,"date":"2021-06-16T20:26:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/regional\/burlingtons-beach-adds-a-new-accessibility-ramp\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T20:26:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:26:38","slug":"burlingtons-beach-adds-a-new-accessibility-ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/burlington\/burlingtons-beach-adds-a-new-accessibility-ramp\/","title":{"rendered":"Burlington&#8217;s beach adds a new accessibility ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The City of Burlington has made steps to making popular summer spots more accessible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariannMeedWard\/status\/1404166607732158468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobi mats were added along the sand in Beachway Park<\/a> as well as a city concrete ramp in order to make it more of an inclusive summer experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great to spend some time today on our beach with awesome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurlON?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BurlON<\/a> residents Cindy &amp; Tommy, hearing what the new accessible ramp &amp; Mobi-Mats mean to them; being able to get close to the water, enjoy the beach. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Inclusion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Inclusion<\/a> Tune in tonight at 6pm! Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHCHTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CHCHTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHCHNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CHCHNews<\/a> for covering <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NNRhuEMmil\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/NNRhuEMmil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marianne Meed Ward (@MariannMeedWard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariannMeedWard\/status\/1404166607732158468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The recent additions were made to ensure that people in mobility devices can access the beach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beachway Park has become a popular location destination especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The park has 6.8 acres of park space and two kilometres of waterfront trails, and outdoor pavilion, and playground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Lead image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariannMeedWard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MariannMeedWard<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Burlington has made steps to making popular summer spots more accessible.\u00a0 Mobi mats were added along the sand in Beachway Park as well as a city concrete ramp in order to make it more of...","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":24576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8065],"tags":[1389,535,866,5061,19,20,5205,7049,5919],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ramp.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28848,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24575\/revisions\/28848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}