Handicapped Want Lake CdA Access

Wheelchairs are accessible in many places throughout the city parks of Coeur d’Alene. One place they are not accessible is into the water from the beach. Harry Grider looks forward to coming to the lake every summer. “I enjoy our beach,” said Harry Grider. “It’s beautiful.” That is where he spends most of his summer relaxing. “Oh I’d say four times a week,” said Grider. But a prosthetic leg makes it difficult for him to get into the water. “I can’t enjoy the beach like everybody else. I have to pop off my foot before I hit the sand, and then go down to the beach,” said Grider. It’s an inconvenience he wishes he could avoid/ Mike Perry , KHQ. More here. (SR file photo, for illustrative purposes)

Question: Should the city of Coeur d’Alene and Kootenai County actively seek ways to make the water of Lake Coeur d’Alene handicap accessible?