A
30-day comment period for the City of The Dalles’ Americans with Disabilities
Act Transition Plan is underway and will continue through May 22. The plan focuses on developing a transition
schedule for eliminating existing physical barriers with transportation system
right-of-ways. Planned changes include
installation of curb ramps at intersections and accessible pedestrian signals to
provide sound indicators along with lighted crosswalk signals where traffic
lights are installed. Implementation
would occur over sixty years. The entire
draft ADA Transition Plan and a three-question survey are available online at thedalles.org/engineering or in paper
format at the Public Works Department, Mid-Columbia Senior Center, and The
Dalles-Wasco County Public Library. The
City of The Dalles booth at the Northwest Cherry Festival Community Fair will
feature the ADA Transition Plan.