Last night, Langley City Council adopted a new 10-year accessibility plan for our community. This plan is required under provincial law and builds on the previous work done in the City over the last 20 years.
Langley City’s Accessible Plan outlines objectives to improve accessibility in the City’s built form, such as parks, sidewalks, and housing, service delivery, communication, and internal processes, such as hiring and procurement.
Some of the objectives include:
- Review the City’s public washrooms from an accessibility lens.
- Improve the accessibility of City parks, plazas, paths, and playgrounds.
- Strengthen the pedestrian network.
- Develop an accessible parking strategy.
- Ensure that there are recreation programs that are accessible for blind and visually impaired people.
- Ensure that there are recreation programs that are accessible for Deaf, deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind people.
- Ensure that any construction detours, including the moving of bus stops is advertised on the City’s website and social media.
- Ensure local representation of people with disabilities in City communications materials.
- Improve staff competency related to accessibility and disability, including disability awareness and understanding of barriers that people face due to physical or cognitive disabilities.
There are 29 objectives in total. Learn more by reading the full report.
This new plan would not have been possible without the contributions of people with disabilities. There is a saying nothing for us, without us. The plan has short-term, medium-term, and long-term objectives. Council approved this new accessible plan yesterday evening.
The next step will be for Langley City staff, with support from the Accessibility Advisory Committee, to update the City's current policies and other work plans. Some objectives will have financial implication and will be included in future budgets for Council to consider.
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