The handicapped mat at Coast Guard Beach is installed and ready for summer. It is made of a heavy woven material so that big-tired wheelchairs can access the beach.
However, with all of the erosion to the beach over the winter, the slope down to the beach is pretty steep. At high tide, there is almost no beach at the end of the trail. The tide comes in very high, almost to the dunes.
A mat like this at the beach in Stratford allowed my then 97-year old mother to enjoy an afternoon with the family without leaving her transport chair.
I’m glad her beach was relatively flat, though.