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Public commenters press Provo Council on accessibility, event communication and storm-drain problems
Summary
During the Provo City Council public-comment period, residents raised unresolved accessibility issues, concerns about communication around road closures for races and festivals, and repeated local flooding and storm-drain failures.
Speakers during the council’s public-comment period urged the city to address long-standing accessibility and infrastructure problems and to improve communication about road closures for city events.
Andrew Thompson, a Provo resident of 43½ years, told the council several issues remain unresolved, citing utility poles, sidewalk access, farmers-market handicap parking and a need for a “loading zone and a curb cut” so people do not have to take a longer route to reach a corner. He asked the council to identify who coordinates with the Utah…
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