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Associated Press
July 19, 2010
DETROIT — Detroit has yet to comply with a federal law requiring curb ramps at thousands of intersections throughout the city.
A federal judge five years ago ordered Detroit to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act by installing access ramps that enable physically disabled or impaired people to cross city streets. Many of those ramps are now being redone because of improper installation.
Mark Finnegan, an attorney representing the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America who sued the city in 2005 for not having the curb ramps, tells the Detroit Free Press "the law is clear as a bell."
Department of Public Works Director Al Jordan said nearly 32 percent of the 87,000 ramps will have been installed by year's end at a cost of $41.2 million.
July 19, 2010
DETROIT — Detroit has yet to comply with a federal law requiring curb ramps at thousands of intersections throughout the city.
A federal judge five years ago ordered Detroit to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act by installing access ramps that enable physically disabled or impaired people to cross city streets. Many of those ramps are now being redone because of improper installation.
Mark Finnegan, an attorney representing the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America who sued the city in 2005 for not having the curb ramps, tells the Detroit Free Press "the law is clear as a bell."
Department of Public Works Director Al Jordan said nearly 32 percent of the 87,000 ramps will have been installed by year's end at a cost of $41.2 million.