>The Village Council has approved a $60,000 county grant application for ADA compliant ramp at Graydon
Grant may fund new ADA ramp at Graydon Pool
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Village Council has approved a $60,000 county grant application that, if received, would help pay for the costs of a ramp into Graydon Pool’s waters on the northeast corner of the pool.
The ramp, which would be compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements and could cost between $85,000 and $100,000, has been on the agenda for Councilman Paul Aronsohn, chair of the Community Access Network, through the course of this year. The rest of the council has largely jumped on board in support of improving accessibility into the pool.
“I think we’re heading in the right direction,” Aronsohn said at a Sept. 7 council meeting, when members decided to endorse the application. The endorsement was approved last week.
There were still questions about improving access into Graydon Park’s grounds, where access ramps into the park are too steep for people in wheelchairs to use on their own. Councilwoman Bernadette Walsh said she feared the village was “putting the cart before the horse” by focusing its grant application on the access into the water rather than into the park.
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