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FAA ADA audit prompts accessibility upgrades at Nantucket Memorial Airport; local commission named official resource
Summary
An FAA civil rights ADA audit of Nantucket Memorial Airport led to website and physical upgrades including additional accessible parking, repaved crosswalks and new accessible counters; the Nantucket Commission on Disabilities will serve in writing as the airport's official local resource for accessibility questions.
Brenda McDonough, the Town of Nantucket’s ADA coordinator and facilitator for the Nantucket Commission on Disabilities, said the FAA civil rights division completed an ADA audit of Nantucket Memorial Airport and the review prompted a range of fixes to the terminal, website and parking areas. "The FAA civil rights division just randomly picked Nantucket Airport to do an ADA audit on it," McDonough said, describing a review that covered the parking lot, crosswalks, the terminal building, restrooms and the administration building.
McDonough said the airport has updated its website to include the town ADA coordinator’s contact, a formal grievance procedure and a…
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