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Residents use public comment period to urge improvements to transit, caregiver supports after Aging Your Way expo
Summary
During the public-comment period, residents urged the county to improve paratransit reliability, expand caregiver supports and provide moving assistance for older adults. Commissioners and staff praised the Aging Your Way expo and agreed to follow up with relevant departments.
Multiple residents used the public-comment period at the Sept. 11 Carroll County commissioners meeting to press the county on transportation and caregiver services after attending the county's Aging Your Way expo.
A public speaker said Carroll Transit had not staffed a presence at the expo and described how the elimination of a regular Eldersburg transit route in 2022 has increased out-of-pocket costs for some wheelchair-dependent residents. The…
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