MassDOT, designers propose ramp at 1341 Route 28 to meet ADA, say AAB variance likely to be withdrawn

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Designers with MassDOT and consultants presented a new ramp design to the Yarmouth Commission on Disability for the property at 1341 Route 28 that they say will meet ADA standards and allow them to withdraw an Architectural Access Board variance application; construction timing remains tied to a larger five-year Route 28 project.

MassDOT project staff and consultants told the Yarmouth Commission on Disability on Feb. 13 that a new ramp design for 1341 Route 28 will provide an Americans with Disabilities Act–compliant route between building entrances and the planned shared-use path, and that the project team expects to withdraw its variance application to the Massachusetts Architectural Access Board (AAB).

The change matters because the ramp would eliminate steps previously proposed at the storefronts and restore ground-level access, the design team said, while the larger Route 28/Dennis–Yarmouth bridge project will rebuild the intersection and add pedestrian and bicycle facilities on a multi-year schedule.

Matt Saltes, Niche Engineering, said the Route 28 work is part of MassDOT's larger five-year project focused on the bridge and utility work. He told the commission that the ramp work would be “constructed as part of the bigger…

MassDOT, designers propose ramp at 1341 Route 28 to meet ADA, say AAB variance likely to be withdrawn

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