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ADA advocates urge Planning Board to reverse cuts to sidewalk and signal accessibility funding
Summary
Members of the city's ADA Advisory Council and residents urged the Planning Board to restore funding for ADA-compliant sidewalks and accessible signals, warning that prolonged underinvestment risks legal liability and excludes a significant portion of residents from safe, independent mobility.
Advocates from the Stamford ADA Advisory Council and residents told the Planning Board on Jan. 7 that cuts to sidewalk and accessible-signal funding would perpetuate long-standing noncompliance and place residents with disabilities at risk.
Philip McGalnick, co-chair of the ADA Advisory Council, said the city has decades-old obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and related statutes and urged the…
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