What We Heard Released

The City of St. John’s released the summary of What We Heard (WWH) during public engagement.

Highlights of What We Heard:

• Concerns about accessible parking and infrastructure, including the need for more accessible parking throughout the City.
• Barriers related to sidewalks, including placement of curb cuts, obstacles, maintenance and snow clearing.
• Importance of ensuring availability of alternate accessible routes in construction zones.
• Comments related to needing more inclusion workers for City programs and more flexibility in programming.
• Noted additional or improved accessible measures and equipment are needed in parks, playgrounds, City owned housing and facilities, such as accessible public washrooms and automatic doors.
• Ideas provided around improving the accessibility of public transit, including placement of curb cuts near bus stops, use of benches and bus shelters, proximity to crosswalks and scheduling.
• Importance of consulting with persons with disabilities or subject matter experts in all phases of a project to ensure current barriers are addressed and no new barriers are created.

For more details on what we heard, read the full report.

What We Heard will be shared with Council at the Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Meetings are broadcast live on the City's website.