NYCkayaker Rope Ladders??? Re: all that DANGEROUS water surrounding our island!!

[William]

Bolt stainless steal ladders to seawalls every 1/4
mile or so. Last longer.

The answer to the statement 
"They would allow access to the water" is "So????!!!" 

A person can JUMP into the water without them as well,
so, maybe in the spirit of safety, fences with razor
wire on top should be installed all along the rivers! 
Will from NJ 

 

--- Nancy Brous <nbrous at gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks for the post about the (lack of) safety
> devices in hudson river park,
> mike.
> the issue has been raised several times recently at
> HRPT Advisory Council
> meetings by myself and others.
> the assertion that ladders which would provide
> egress from the water cannot
> be installed as they would provide a way for people
> to get into the water is
> absurd.
> we've also suggested life rings be installed at
> various points along the
> (nearly impossible to scale) seawall in the park,
> and have been told that
> they are too likely to be stolen, so the park doesnt
> want to buy them.
> unbelievable.
> we are planning to form a working group within the
> Council to address the
> issue and are interested in seeing examples of
> safety devices used in other
> cities, and collecting other suggestions of ways to
> address the problem.
> if you have any suggestions or photos of other
> cities' solutions, please
> send them to me back channel.
> thanks.
> nancy
> >
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