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Consultant finds nearly 14,000 technical ADA barriers in town rights-of-way; town to prioritize fixes
Summary
A consultant’s ADA assessment for the Town of Indian Trail cataloged 13,968 barriers across roughly 124 miles of rights-of-way and three parks; town staff say many fixes are minor, will be prioritized and some can be done in-house using alternative maintenance techniques.
The Town of Indian Trail received a consultant report showing 13,968 accessibility barriers across about 124 miles of public right-of-way and 101 barriers in three parks, the town council heard at its meeting.
Kevin McDaniel, senior project manager for Precision Infrastructure Management, told the council the count is driven largely by technical measurements — many individual measurement failures on curb ramps, slopes and vertical displacement — not a large number of separate, major obstacles. "These barriers are identified. You may go to a curb ramp. We're measuring for cross slope with slope, distance, placement. You can get a hundred barriers on one thing, just technical, you know, millimeter type barriers," McDaniel said.
The report inspected two town facilities (town hall and the sheriff's office), three parks and the…
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