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Punta Gorda staff to map downtown ADA parking and drop-off zones after safety concerns
Summary
City staff will identify specific ADA parking and short-term drop-off locations in downtown Punta Gorda and return with a detailed plan after council members raised safety and access concerns for seniors, mobility-limited residents and vendors.
City staff will return to the Punta Gorda City Council with a recommended plan identifying specific on‑street Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) parking spaces and short-term drop‑off zones for the West Marion Avenue downtown area after council members pressed for safer, closer access for people with limited mobility.
Urban design planner Carl Benz told the council staff had reviewed proposed locations and concluded some curbside ADA stalls would narrow existing walk aisles. "These drop off zones are not actual ADA parking spaces," Benz said, "but they facilitate those that are permanently and temporarily handicapped and…
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