Elderly residents and people with low mobility have to walk a kilometer to the doctors surgery or the library because North Lanarkshire Council refuse to either open up an existing pathway or to build a new one. The shortest road route has areas with no pavement and a new development means this route is subject to heavy traffic, often travelling at speed to beat the newly installed traffic lights. We urge North Lanarkshire council to reconsider their refusal on the grounds of public safety and in the interests of vulnerable people in our community.