MOVEBR: 21 parish-wide accessibility projects have recently been finished
BATON ROUGE — Mayor President Sid Edwards said Monday that 21 parish-wide MOVEBR accessibility projects have recently been finished.
These projects include the construction of sidewalks, ramps, crosswalks and associated facilities to "make our streets, sidewalks and intersections more accessible for everyone."
MOVEBR says that it has addressed 2,693 ADA non-compliance issues and improved access at 192 intersections throughout East Baton Rouge Parish. The parish also added over 900 ADA-compliant ramps and repaired 31,431 square yards of sidewalk, officials say
"Under these projects, 12 intersections in the downtown area were upgraded with audible pedestrian pushbuttons for the visually impaired," officials added.
A full list of these projects can be found here.