Thursday, June 9th, 2016
The Justice Department announced today an agreement with the city of Milwaukee under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department's wide-ranging initiative to ensure that public entities comply with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under the agreement, the city will, among other things, modify facilities surveyed by the department so that they are accessible, retain an Independent Licensed Architect to survey facilities and programs that were not surveyed by the department and certify that all remedial actions are compliant with the ADA, provide auxiliary aids and services necessary to ensure effective communication, ensure accessibility of polling places, provide accessible curb ramps at intersections throughout the city, and ensure that the city's website will conform with the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines Level 2.0 Level AA. The agreement has a term of three years.
To find out more about the ADA, today's agreement with the city of Milwaukee, the Project Civic Access Initiative or the ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments, call the Justice Department's toll-free ADA Information Line at 1-800-514-0301 or 1-800-514-0383 (TDD), or access its www.ada.gov website.
Article Credit: U.S. Department of Justice