York Street Steps - Decade-Long Battle Settled - Ottawa, Ontario
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Inaugurated in 1999, the York Street Steps link Mackenzie Avenue and Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Canada's Capital City.
Waymark Code: WMZE9M
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/28/2018
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In what is being billed as a win-win solution by all parties involved, an Ottawa activist for accessibility, and the National Capital Commission have put a decade-long legal battle over wheelchair access to the York Street Steps in the ByWard Market behind them.
But more important, the parties have agreed to create a new committee to provide the NCC with advice on universal accessibility. That committee will be vice-chaired by Bob Brown, the activist who brought the human rights complaint against the NCC in the first place.
In a statement, NCC chief executive Marie Lemay said the commission “welcomes the successful resolution of this matter and is committed to providing barrier-free access to residents and visitors in the Capital Region.”
Brown said “we’re moving forward” from the York Street Steps and that “there are a lot of new projects coming up with the NCC, so the committee will be able to make sure those projects will have universal design components.” (
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Our pictures show an artwork created by Naomi Ratte called Kwáshkwan-in! (which translates as Jump! in the Algonquin language) featuring six brightly colored salmon jumping a waterfall. It will be displayed on the York Street Steps until May 2019. (
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