Berwyn's Plan for Accessible Streets and Sidewalks
Welcome to the City of Berwyn Accessibility Improvements Engagement Platform. The goal is to improve safety and accessibility for everyone who uses our sidewalks, including people with disabilities, and make our sidewalks and pedestrian facilities fully accessible to all individuals. Our aim is to develop a comprehensive Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) public right-of-way (PROW) transition plan that ensures that the transportation infrastructure, services, and programs within our municipality are fully accessible for all residents. If you or your loved ones use sidewalks in Berwyn, we need your help!
No one knows your community better than you, so we invite you to join us in this important effort.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
- Review the draft ADA Transition Plan (review period will close on December 5th)
- The draft ADA Transition Plan can be found by CLICK HERE.
- Please reach out to Travis Helmkamp, project manager, at 618-345-2200 or travis.helmkamp@oatesassociates.com for any reasonable accommodations including hard copies of the plan if desired.
- Answer a short survey to provide comments and feedback
- Tell us your thoughts and opinions on the draft ADA Transition Plan, CLICK HERE.
- If you wish to talk directly to the project team, please call 618-345-2200 or travis.helmkamp@oatesassociates.com.
- View the presentation to the Committee of the Whole
- CLICK HERE, to view the presentation.
This plan will serve as a strategic roadmap for identifying and assessing barriers that currently impede accessibility on roads, sidewalks, crosswalks and other components of the public right-of-way. By integrating community feedback with detailed assessments, we will pinpoint specific challenges and develop practical, innovative solutions to enhance accessibility. These solutions will focus on the sidewalk sections that pose the greatest barrier to access in areas that are likely to receive high amounts of pedestrian activity.
