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mmaroney@sungazette.com Before approving an accessible ramp construction Thursday at City Hall, City Council learned the entire ramp, automatic doors and elevator project will cost about $500,000. Council approved the ramp contract with Landserve Inc. in the amount of $164,516. That company will build the ramp at its factory, a pre-cast concrete ramp, and then it’ll be put up on the West Fourth Street side of City Hall. Original design was by Gannett-Fleming two years ago, said Jon Sander, city engineer. Some plumbing and paving will accompany the ramp construction. Stone veneer will be an ...

An accessible ramp construction project on the north side of City Hall of about $165,000 was given a positive recommendation Tuesday by City Council’s finance

Some city parks require accessibility upgrades, with closer inspection anticipated in coming weeks. City parks require some updates to meet requirements under the Americans with Disability Act, according to information given to the city Accessibility Advisory commission this week. For example, Youngs Woods on Railway Street requires pathway, bench, mulch and parking signage improvements, said Joseph Gerardi, city codes administrator. Newberry Park needs different kinds of mulch, benches, signs, and updates to intersections to have proper access. A concrete pad that slopes at the park entrance...

mmaroney@sungazette.com The city of Williamsport is going out to bid Friday to receive contractors’ offers to build the accessible ramp at City Hall on the West Fourth Street entrance. Jon Sander, city engineer, has placed an advertisement in the Sun-Gazette and plans to hold a live bid meeting. The ramp is a requirement of a settlement of a pending lawsuit in U.S. Middle District Court by advocates for the disabled. Estimated costs for the construction of the ramp are between $100,000 to $500,000. The bids are done through PennBid, Sander said. Since 2009, the PennBid Program has aligned b...

A city man who is sight-impaired has a beef with River Valley Transit. Timothy West, a voting member of the new Williamsport Accessibility Advisory Commission