Today (August 7) marks the start of a City of York Council consultation on reversing decisions made under a previous council which removed access to the city centre.
The previous Lib Dem Green coalition brought in the controversial ban saying it is was necessary to protect the city centre against terrorism incidents and it had introduced measures to help disabled people.
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