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Resident warns of DOJ complaint over alleged ADA violations at newly installed crosswalks
Summary
A Winchester resident said newly installed raised crosswalks violate the ADA and may prompt a Department of Justice complaint after the city identified necessary modifications that could take 60–90 days to complete.
Todd Golding, a Winchester resident, told the City Council he is considering filing a Department of Justice complaint about newly installed raised crosswalks that he said violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Golding said he previously raised concerns on July 9 about the crosswalks’ design, and that disabled residents have faced “improper change of levels of the transitions, improper counter slopes, and flooding at the curb ramps.” He told the council he learned staff attempted to contact him in June but sent the response to the wrong email address. Golding said the conditions persist and called the situation a civil-rights concern.
The city attorney told Golding the city has identified modifications that need to be made and that completing those changes will take an additional 60 to 90 days. Golding said that timeline left him to decide whether to proceed with a DOJ complaint he had already begun preparing.
Golding urged the council to address the issue and said the violations should never have occurred. City staff did not provide an immediate timetable beyond the 60–90 day estimate for completing the identified updates.
