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Selectmen and public press for ADA review after boardwalk fails to match RFP commitments
Summary
At an Ossipee Selectmen meeting, board members and residents flagged apparent ADA noncompliance at a recently completed boardwalk (built by Hermit Woods), played a voicemail from a governor's commission on disability member urging a free site inspection, and authorized follow-up to determine responsibility and remediation costs.
Ossipee selectmen and members of the public pressed for an accessibility review after the RFP for the Deer Run Trail specified ADA-compliant trails but the finished boardwalk appears not to meet those commitments.
Speaker 2, who said he served on the trail advisory committee, told the board that the original RFP repeatedly required ADA standards and specifically specified a 42-inch guardrail; the built handrail measures about 36 inches, he said. "My point is I believe the contractor...…
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