federal building requires a foot of length for every inch of rise. So a 50 inch rise to the door from the sidewalk would require a 50 ft rampway. The ramp slope must be consistent. Goodluck, john
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] ADA ramp at courthouse Todd, you can begin with the building's owner. You might want to include the help of your local, Federally funded Center for Independent Living (CIL), to check out the area for compliance. If the ramp is not in compliance, the CIL will assist you in resolving this issue. An injury to anyone using this ramp could prove costly and might motivate someone in city/town management to get the ball rolling. Best Wishes In a message dated 8/14/2012 11:49:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I went to my local city courthouse this morning and they have a long sloped walkway that goes up to the door, and the door has a handicapped entry thing. The problem is that in order to even get to the bottom of the long sloped walkway (which appears in compliance), on each side of it there are steep sidewalks that go down to the handicapped parking. Where the curb cut ramp was, there was probably 3 feet of REALLY steep, almost flipped my chair backwards even leaning forward with my stomach on my legs pushing. Whoever can get up that one (paras obv), then there is another 20ft or more of less steep walkway, but still much steeper than the long sloped walkway up to the door. Is there anything I can do that will actually get a response? Thanks > >Todd >c-6 inc '89 >
