The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires equal access for people living with disabilities. We must make our programs, services and activities accessible to all. This includes established access requirements for public facilities. An ADA Transition Plan helps us achieve these goals.
Washington County has had an existing ADA Transition Plan since 1997. The 1997 plan addresses accessibility for public buildings. It does not include address pedestrian access in the public right-of-way.
The Department of Land Use & Transportation (LUT) maintains and improves the network of roads and trails managed by the County. The network includes roadways in urban and rural unincorporated areas and County roads within cities.
The Public Right-of-way ADA Transition Plan Phase I is a supplement to the 1997 plan, focused on pedestrian access along the road and trail network. This plan outlines LUT’s strategy and plan for removing barriers to access for pedestrians within the County’s right-of-way.
The following pages look at highlights of the transition plan including the outline of our prioritization and request for accommodation processes.
After you review this information, please tell us what you think at the Comment Table.
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sex, national origin, and creed. This was later clarified to include gender and sexual orientation.
Prohibits architectural barriers in all federally owned or leased buildings.
Title V, Sections 501, 503 and 504, prohibits discrimination in federal programs and services and all other programs or services receiving federal funding.
Clarifies that discrimination in any program or service that is part of an entity receiving federal funding is illegal.
Prohibits discrimination in housing against people with disabilities and families with children.
Provides comprehensive civil rights protection for people with disabilities; closely modeled after the Civil Rights Act and Section 504 of Title V of the Rehabilitation Act and its regulations.