Amidst renovations, subway platforms narrow :: Second Ave. Sagas

Amidst renovations, subway platforms narrow :: Second Ave. Sagas

By Benjamin Kabak

As the MTA renovates stations for ADA compliance and grafts bulky elevators into 70- or 100-year-old stations, straphangers lose platform space. As staircases appear, waiting areas disappear. Grand Central on the IRT, for instance, wouldn’t

Delaying the Compliance Date for Swimming Pool Lift Requirements …

Delaying the Compliance Date for Swimming Pool Lift Requirements

By Tara Gorman

On March 15, 2012, the Attorney General signed a final rule extending the date for compliance with the ADA’s new accessibility to swimming pool requirements (e.g., pool lifts) sixty days to May 21, 2012. Shortly thereafter, the Department

Yellowbank Road Sidewalk Repairs Underway As Part of Repaving Project

Yellowbank Road Sidewalk Repairs Underway As Part of Repaving Project

Patch.com

Catherine Galioto Recent repairs that have been taking place on Yellowbank Road, just off Indian Hill Road, are part of a repaving project requiring sidewalks in that location to be ADAcompliant, according to township Engineer Robert Chankalian.

TPO plans to make trolley stops comply with ADA | city, tpo, comply …

TPO plans to make trolley stops comply with ADA | city, tpo, comply

By FELICIA KITZMILLER / News Herald Writer

PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) is hoping a newly completed draft plan to bring all Bay Town Trolley locations into ADA compliance will shield them from potentially costly federal citations.

State Relaxes New Pool Regs

State Relaxes New Pool Regs
The Dispatch
OCEAN CITY — Hundreds of pools and spas in the resort area and thousands more across the state facing mandatory new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards got a little relief last week when the deadline for compliance was extended amid …

Bluefield working to make stadium ADA-compliant

Bluefield working to make stadium ADA-compliant
State Journal
BLUEFIELD (AP) — Bluefield is facing a September deadline to bring a city-owned stadium into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The original deadline was April. City attorney Brian Cochran tells the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that the …

Government Grants ADA Compliance Extension

Government Grants ADA Compliance Extension
By Kendra Kozen, Aquatics International | 3.16.2012
Responding to concerns from pool industry experts and a hotel/ lodging industry coalition, the White House issued a 60-day extension for compliance with requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act

ADA Compliance Extended 60 Days!

ADA Compliance Extended 60 Days!

March 16, 2012

Summary of ADA Compliance Delay:

  • On March 15, 2012 Attorney General Eric Holder signed a rule extending the date of compliance that relates to the provision of accessible entry and exit for public pools
  • Changes the compliance date to 60 days after March 15th (May 14th)
  • Allows additional time to address misunderstandings regarding compliance

TPO plans to make trolley stops comply with ADA | city, tpo, comply …

TPO plans to make trolley stops comply with ADA | city, tpo, comply

By FELICIA KITZMILLER / News Herald Writer

PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) is hoping a newly completed draft plan to bring all Bay Town Trolley locations into ADA compliance will shield them from potentially costly federal citations.

Fed pool rules could cost Greeley $28000

Fed pool rules could cost Greeley $28000

Greeley Gazette

by Jack Minor – The city of Greeley is poised to spend up to $28000 to install wheelchair lifts at its pool facilities in order to comply with the Obama administration’s new interpretation of rules it issued two years ago. March 15 was the deadline for

Recommended ADA Compliance Contractor

ADA Compliance contractor recommended is M1 Construction. Check their website at http://www.m1construction.com

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