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Volume 2 | Issue 79
Thursday, January 21, 2016
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ERROL CASTENS | OXFORD CITIZEN
When completed, intersections near the Square should have wheelchair-accessible curbcuts like this one at the corner of South Lamar and University Avenue.
Square to get ADA upgrades BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN
People who use wheelchairs or have other mobility limitations will find the Oxford Square an easier trek this summer. The Oxford Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved a contract with Elliott & Britt Engineering to do the inspection,
design, certain construction services and contract administration for the upgrading of pedestrian crossings to standards set by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Elliott & Britt will be paid $9,600 to plan the improvements. “We intend to spend $80,000 for ADA upgrades around the Square – mostly ADA-accessible ramps,” City
Engineer Bart Robinson told the mayor and aldermen. The upgrades will aim at making slopes out of abrupt curbs where sidewalks and streets intersect, such as those on the north side of Jackson Avenue alongside the cityowned parking lot with its two entrances. “We’ll be doing curbcuts so that anywhere you have an in-
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tersection we’re going to make sure there’s an ADA-appropriate ramps so a person in a wheelchair can easily transition from the sidewalk to the street or from the street to the sidewalk,” said Assistant City Engineer Reanna Mayoral. “We’re going to do that all around the Square – as much TURN TO UPGRADES PAGE 7
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