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Kenmore resident urges emergency sidewalk repairs after city ADA plan flags hazards
Summary
A Kenmore resident told the City Council that more than 1,000 locations in the city's ADA transition plan show vertical displacement exceeding federal limits and asked the council to direct staff to create an emergency sidewalk repair program.
Nick McBdiscoff, a Kenmore resident, told the Kenmore City Council during public comment that the city’s own ADA transition plan identifies more than 1,000 sidewalk locations with vertical displacement exceeding the federal maximum and urged the council to create an emergency repair program. McBdiscoff said the federal Americans with Disabilities Act limits vertical changes in sidewalks to a quarter-inch and that the city’s documented defects create both safety and financial risk. “With over 1,000 documented hazards, we…
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