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Council hears cost, design hurdles for curb cuts tied to handicap parking
Summary
Councilors and staff discussed requests to add curb cuts for on-street accessible parking. DPW estimated curb-cut construction costs at $7,000–$13,000 per ramp and said designing and funding citywide retrofits would be a significant budgetary challenge; the committee asked staff for an updated inventory and to report back.
City engineers told the City Council committee that installing curb cuts to make on-street handicap parking genuinely accessible can be costly and technically complex.
DPW project staff said curb-cut construction ranges from about $7,000 to $13,000 per location depending on grading, drainage and concrete work. "Installing ramps for those signs from the past three…
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