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Mobility mats installed at Parksville Beach
PARKSVILLE — A local beach is now more accessible than ever, after the installation of an accessible beach mat and the donation of two beach wheelchairs.
The new accessible items are now in place at Parksville Bay Beach at the Community Park, with the new 133-foot-long mobi-mat made from reclaimed plastic, starting at the concrete ramp in front of the waterfront gazebo.
Parksville mayor Doug O’Brien said they are incredibly grateful to see this mat installed, thanks to the generous donation by Corona Canada.
“It was installed on Wednesday, and we have been watching the participation on the mobi-mat and the uses on it, and we said, ‘we should have got the freeway model, the double-wide because there’s been so much traffic using it,” O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW.