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ALEXIA MARSILLO alexia.marsillo@eap.on.ca ACCESSIBILITY PATHWAYS ADDED TO THREE C-R PARKS include constructing an accessible path for the splash pad in Bourget, improving the accessibility of the play structures at Laviolette Park by replacing the sand with other material, and constructing a sidewalk on the eastside of St-Jean Street, amongst others.
The City of Clarence-Rockland has recently completed the construction of three accessibility pathways in three parks of the municipality. “These pathways will help make the parks more accessible to those in wheelchairs, walkers, scooters and also just to the general public,” said John Mogensen, Chair of the
“At the present, we are looking at the downtown (Laurier Street) revitalization that was presented last year,” said Mogensen. Improving the downtown core is also part of
Clarence-Rockland Accessibility Advi- sory Committee. So far, Bourget Park, Al- phonse Carrière Park in Hammond and Jules-Saumure Park in Clarence Creek
the committee’s multi-year plan and Mogensen added that the committee is loo- king to build an accessible public washroom in the
Other possible work to be done to improve the parks will be discussed again, once the committee meets in September.
have been given accessibility pathways. The Accessibility Advisory Committee recommended to City Council, last year, that all parks in Clarence-Rockland be made accessible. According to Mogensen, as money permits, additional work will be done to these same parks and to others as well. Other possible work to be done for the parks will be discussed again, once the committee meets in September. The plan to construct these three acces- sibility pathways was included in the Acces- sibility Advisory Committee’s 2018-2022 Multi-Year Accessibility Plan and Policy, which was approved by City Council in April of this year. Other aspects of the plan for 2018 MARIO JEAN EN RODAGE
downtown core. The committee has also been pushing for a crackdown on unauthorized people using the handicap parking spots in the municipality. “By-law [enforcement] has been very diligent in their effort and we have OPUJDFEBOJODSFBTFJOQSFTFODFBU8BMNBSU Independent and other large parking lots,” said Mogensen. Other objectives stated in the committee’s multi-year plan, from 2019 to 2022, include continuing to improve other parks in Cla- rence-Rockland and to improve several city buildings, such as by installing a wheelchair lift/elevator at the Jean-Marc Lalonde Arena.
La Cité de Clarence-Rockland a récemment terminé la construction de trois voies d’accessibilité dans trois parcs de la municipalité. Le parc de Bourget, le parc Alphonse Carrière à Hammond et le parc Jules-Saumure à Clarence Creek ont profité de voies d’accès. Le comité vise maintenant à exécuter d’autres travaux pour rendre tous les parcs de la municipalité accessible éventuellement. —photo fournie
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