A disability transport campaigner is calling for ferries in Bristol to be made more accessible for people who use wheelchairs.

Ferries depart from Temple Meads across the harbor and transport passengers around the city centre.

But the Temple Meads stop is only accessible via stairs, unless passengers make a long detour to use a ramp 230 meters (754 ft) away, and only one ferry is wheelchair accessible.

Bristol City Council said it was exploring how to improve water transport after transport campaigner David Redgewell urged the authority to improve accessibility, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Speaking at a transport committee meeting on 24 October, Mr Redgewell said: “It seems to me at the moment that, in the case of ferry services, which are important, there doesn’t seem to be an authority that really takes responsibility. the responsibility of that service.

“Boats need to be fully accessible.”

Councilor Ed Plowden, chair of the transport committee, said he would discuss the matter with the West of England Combined Authority (Weca) and other policy committee heads.

“I for one would like to see many more advances in mobility as a service and integrated ticketing,” he said.

The council said it was “studying water transport”, including routes and costs.

Weca said it was exploring ticket integration between multiple bus trips and bus and train trips.