Councils often use barriers like these on traffic-free walking & cycling routes.
They say that they're to stop illegitimate users, like off-road motorcyclists, but in reality they fail to stop these.
But they do stop disabled people like me who use adapted cycles & other types of mobility aids. And we'd really like to access these safe and quiet routes too.
@TricycleMayor we went on a 1000 km #bike tour in 2018 thru the NL, UK, Fr & Belgium. These were our biggest obstacles, in #Kent, on #NCN1 - #NationalCycleRoute1. Embarrassing. Our handlebars were too wide to get thru the barrier. #Trekkingbikers are not welcome around #Sittingbourne & #Faversham