Consultant: Indian Trail assessment finds nearly 14,000 technical ADA barriers; council to get implementation plan in July

A consultant presenting an Americans with Disabilities Act assessment to the Indian Trail Town Council on Tuesday said field teams found 13,968 barriers across 24 miles of right-of-way and three parks and recommended a multi-year transition plan to address them.

Kevin McDaniel, a senior project manager with Precision Infrastructure Management, told the council the count includes many small, technical defects such as cross-slope, vertical displacement and missing curb ramps. “That is very common,” McDaniel said of the 13,968 figure, adding that multiple individual measurements can create many apparent “barriers” at a single location.

The report covered sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks and three town facilities (town hall, sheriff’s office and one other building the team inspected). McDaniel said the firm identified 71 barriers inside the…