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Yarmouth committee approves $50,000 recommendation for Station Ave Elementary ADA playground surfacing
Summary
The Town of Yarmouth Community and Economic Development Committee voted to recommend $50,000 toward a larger, roughly $600,000 Station Ave Elementary playground replacement to provide a poured-in-place rubber surface and ADA-accessible equipment.
The Town of Yarmouth Community and Economic Development Committee recommended $50,000 on March 11 to help install an ADA-compliant poured-in-place rubber surface at Station Ave Elementary School's playground.
Courtney Butler, chair of the Community and Economic Development Committee, said the committee moved to consider the physical-improvement request and later put a motion to approve the $50,000 request; the motion passed by voice vote.
The applicant described the playground project as a community effort that has been under way since 2019 and said much of the existing playground — originally installed in the mid-1990s — is outdated and limits access for students with mobility needs. The presenter said, “Having a state of the art playground that is ADA compliant right off the highway…
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