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MIAMI-DADE--We have had laws on building construction for people with
disabilities since 1974. The Miami-Dade Housing Authority signs are up on
this Captival Apartments construction project in Perrine, on SW 107 Ave.
They have placed a decorative column on the wheelchair access
sidewalk. Imagine carrying packages of groceries through this
opening not quite 36 inches. Skinned hands is the plan. Beyond the
gate is a sidewalk that does not have shortcuts across the grass.
Wheelchair users with heavy packages will take a longer route. The Leasing
Office has door handles that are illegal. And the two disabled parking
spaces that have been constructed are installed with the access aisle on
the wrong side of the space so that Vans willl unload with difficulty. And
this is just the "tip of the iceberg".
Who is watching new construction plans for people with disabitities in
Miami-Dade County Government? Certainly no one on the side of people with
disabilities.
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