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Yakima committee reviews ADA transition plan; staff estimate $30,000/yr for APS upgrades and $25,000/yr for curb ramps
Summary
Committee members reviewed Yakima’s ADA transition plan and heard staff estimates that upgrading accessible pedestrian signals and curb ramps would require roughly $30,000 per year and $25,000 per year, respectively, under a 20-year schedule unless coordinated with capital projects.
Committee members reviewed the Yakima ADA Transition Plan and discussed the city’s remaining needs to bring signal hardware and curb ramps to current accessibility standards.
A staff summary in the meeting noted that 27 traffic signals have older APS-style hardware, six signals already have modern Polaris APS push buttons, and roughly 13 signals “need upgrading” to meet current standards. The staff estimate for hardware-only upgrades to remaining signals was…
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